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Used for discussions of conversions to Judaism or experiences with converts to Judaism. (en-US)

Definizione

Individuals who adopt Judaism as their religion. Though predicated on an individual's desire to convert for reasons of ideological and communal commonality, The Torah (Five Books of Moses) understands the conversion process as a relatively simple change of status, as determined by immersion in a mikva (ritual bath) and ritual circumcision (for males only). Talmudic literature teaches: When a person outside of the Jewish community expresses his/her interest in conversion, it is customary for a Jew to befriend that person. "If one comes to ask for admission to (the people of) Israel, he is not received at once, but is asked: Do you know that this nation is downtrodden and afflicted, subjected to many ills, liable to varied penalties for disobedience to the precepts of the Torah? . . . If he persists, he takes a ritual bath and submits to circumcision. . . " (Yevamoth 47a). The rabbinic tradition however, has attached a period of study and communal association. In modernity either of these can vary in nature depending on the community or movement through which a person chooses to enter the people of Israel. (en-US)

Fonte

Birnbaum, Philip. A Book of Jewish Concepts. Rev. Ed. New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1975. p. 132

Termini più generici

• Vita religiosa ebraica