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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: Re: Conversions and who is a *
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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 14:39:57 EST
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    The problem is that conversion deals with more than a ritual bath. It is 
 an acceptance of a way of life, which a dip does not verify.

				Eliyahu Teitz.


> I think that this connection between, "we disagree on some Talmudic
> interpretations" and "he can't be trusted" is both illogical and 
> insulting. If someone says I'm converting this woman with mikve
> or I'm converting this man with mikve and brit mila, why such suspicion?
> 
> > .  Whether someone is considered
> > a rabbi or not is irrelevant, rather if he believes in the Orthodox
> > tradition and can be trusted is the question.
> > 
> > Joe Friedman
> -- 

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