How do you CONVERT to Judaism?
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The best advice is to find and speak with a knowledgeable rabbi.  Here are some genralities:\n\n\n1. Do a lot of reading.  Think about the various "streams" of Orthodox vs Conservative vs Reform vs Reconstructionist, and decide which of these best fits you.\n\n2.  Having done so, visit several nearby synagogues within the stream you have chosen and speak with the chief rabbi. You should then choose which of these rabbis you want to work with.\n\n3.  The rabbi will lay out a course of study for you, but will probably start by asking why you want to become a Jew by Choice.\n\n4. You will take the course of study the rabbi proposes.\n\n5. Meanwhile you will attend synagogue services, and you will learn various rituals.\n\n6. You will attend various discussion groups with people also becoming Jews by Choice.\n\n7. You will take a final exam, and you will make various commitments.\n\n8. A male would probably need to be circumcized if he is not already.  A woman may need to be immersed in a bath called a mikveh.\n\n9. You may need to appear before a group of scholars and answer their questions.\n\nJews do not actively try to ocnvert non-Jews.  However, it is a wonderful thing for the Jewish Community when someone voluntarily decides to become a Jew by Choice.  The clergy and the Jewish Community will welcome you with open arms and do everything we can to help you succeed.  G-d bless you in your journey.\n\nhttp://www.convertingtojudaism.com/\nhttp://www.uscj.org/intmar/shouldi.html\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_to_Judaism
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Although one cannot convert to become a member of a race, for example one cannot convert to become an Oriental or an African-American, one who converts to Judaism does, indeed, become fully a Jew. Similarly, if one converts from Judaism to another faith, one is no longer a Jew.\n\nYou cannot believe in two opposite, mutually exclusive ideas simultaneously. Judaism and Christianity believe in opposite, mutually exclusive ideas, and you cannot be a Jew and a believer that Jesus was the Christ at the same time.\n\nIsraeli is a Nationality, Judaism is a Religion, and Being Jewish is being part of a people who practice Judaism
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pray for the god , it will automatically convert. you are in the religous section.
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Because Jews don’t believe that you need to be Jewish to go to heaven (all you need to be is a good person and follow the 7 noahide laws). We accept converts but we only want people who are truly devoted because it is not easy to be a Jew. 613 commandments anti-Semitism, ect.  To find out more speak to your local orthodox Rabbi.
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You are not Jewish, as you were raised a Christian, unless you renounce your Christianity and formally convert to Judaism. So, when asked if you are Jewish, the correct answer is, 'No, but my father is.'
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First, let me offer my deepest most heartfelt condolences on your loss! In two years, i lost my wife, by father and my brother, i know what it is to lose someone, and my heart goes out to you!\n\nSecond, let me say welcome to Judaism!\n\nMy strong advice is to rise with the mourners when they recite the Kaddish in the synagogue, and, yes, to sit shiva in your own home, where what you do and how you do it is your own choice. \n\nRemember that, as a Jew, you are commanded by Gd, and most of the rabbinic authorities state that a Ger, a convert to Judaism, MUST observe shiva and shloshim and the year for his or her parents, regardless of the parents' religious status, because You are a Jew, and, as such, are commanded to, and for you NOT to would be to deny that you are one who is commanded.
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-jewish rabbis changed the words of God from its place\n\nQuran ch2\n[75] Do you (faithful believers) covet that they will believe in your religion in spite of the fact that a party of them (Jewish rabbis) used to hear the Word of Allâh (the Taurât (Torah)) then they used to change it knowingly after they understood it? \n\n-------------------------------------------------------------\n-A great punishment will reach to those who change the words of God to sell it with little bit of money\n\nQuran ch2\n[79] Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, "This is from Allâh," to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby. \n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n-there are many rabbis and monks used religion for wealth gain\n\nQuran ch9\n[34] O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks who devour the wealth of mankind in falsehood, and hinder (them) from the Way of Allâh (i.e. Allâh's Religion of Islâmic Monotheism). And those who hoard up gold and silver (al-Kanz: the money, the Zakât of which has not been paid), and spend them not in the Way of Allâh, announce unto them a painful torment. \n---------------------------------------------------------\n\n-jewish rabbis change the words of God \n\nQuran ch4\n[46] Among those who are Jews, there are some who displace words from (their) right places and say: "We hear your word (O Muhammad (peace be upon him) ) and disobey," and "Hear and let you (O Muhammad (peace be upon him)) hear nothing......."  \n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------\n-all what christian and jewish asked for is to worship one God\n\nQuran ch9\n[31] They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allâh (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allâh), and (they also took as their Lord) Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary), while they (Jews and Christians) were commanded (in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)) to worship none but One Ilâh (God - Allâh) Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). Praise and glory is to Him, (far above is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him)."
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I am Catholic so I will provide you the con of the action.\n\nYou have been baptised into the community of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church. You have received Christ's Body and Blood at Mass.\n\nJudaism is a fine religion and I respect those who are Jewish. However, they were born and raised Jewish. You, on the other hand, at one point believed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and received His flesh into your body.\n\nA religion is not a hobby. It is not a club to belong to. You cannot choose what you think you like the best. Judaism does not agree with this any more than Christianity does.\n\nYou act like you are buying a car and looking for the biggest bang for you buck and don't want to buy a lemon. This is not how God works whether you are Jewish or Christian. If I were you I would rethink just what each religion says their religion is. Because both do not say it is something you can just whimsically choose based upon a list of positives and negatives.\n\nI have the feeling that you don't go to Mass very often. If that is the case then it is obvious why you are leaving the Church. Would I also be correct in saying that you have not read an encyclical or even the writings of any of the Doctors of the Church? What about just reading a modern day apologist like Scott Hahn? Have you really thought this through and truly think you understand Catholicism and find it unappealing? I believe you may be Catholic, but have a misperception of your faith. Your parents have not taught you what Catholicism believes because Catholicism does not believe that as long as you have religion it is ok. It flies in the face of what Christ and the Catholic Church say about religion.\n\nI would strongly suggest that before you leave a faith that you have accepted (remember from Baptism the Holy Spirit is in you) you should come to understand just what you are leaving. Because it is no little thing to convert from the Catholic Church. If you had once believed in Christ then you are sinning by leaving your faith in Him.
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I have known very, very many ex-Christians who have converted to Judaism. The reasons may vary, but they usually follow a pattern. \n\nFirst they begin to start studying the Bible and that leads to questions. When they start asking these questions of their churchmembers and pastors, they cannot answer, and they begin accusing them of letting the devil in to their hearts, or the like. \n\nBut, they continue to study the Bible on their own, and they begin to see beliefs in the Christian New Testament and in Christianity as a whole that is completely incompatible, diametrically opposite what the Hebrew Scriptures say. They start to study more and more on their own, sometimes, by the way, drifting into Messianic "Judaism," "Hebrew" Christianity, or the "Jews" for Jesus, whatever they are being called now. They same thing happens, they continue to have questions, they do not get satisfactory answers, and get pushed away, and then they start studying real Judaism itself. \n\nWhat they find is a community that is supposed to ask questions, supposed to disagree with the rabbi, and supposed to study on their own. They find that doing the will of Gd, the commandments, things like keeping kosher and keeping the Sabbath and the other demands of Judaism, brings them closer to The One Who Commanded The Jews to do such things in the first place, and they begin to feel at home more than they ever had in their lives. They are encouraged to continue their studies, to ask questions, to think for themselves, and not be persuaded by emotions, by feeeeelings. \n\nThey come to understand that Jewish services are Eastern in nature, that it is called the Middle East, not the Middle West, and that therefore what is expected in Jewish worship isnt what one expects in Western/Christian worship. Eastern worship is more meditative and transcendant, rather than emotional and all about feeeeeelings. \n\nThey realize that everything in Judaism gives those who actually follow Judaism, a constant, consistent closeness to Gd that doesnt have to shout or be obvious, but which quietly reminds those who follow Judaism that they have a close personal  relationship with Gd. They find that they are home within the Jewish faith and within the Jewish community.\n\nHere are a few web sites to help you in your search:\n\nAnd WELCOME!\n\nhttp://Convert.org\nhttp://WhatJewsBelieve.org
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Hi. I'm new here to Yahoo Answers. Just want to know if anyone here a observant jewish people .. hey rev franworth stop trying to convert me.. i love being jewish
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the foundation to Judaism is the five books of Moses or more commonly known as the Torah/Pentateuch.\n\nAs to how a person worships G-d its different for each person but most Jews have a standard liturgy that is used during services.\n\nOrthodox Jews as they are called are basically the only Jews around today that actually follow and practice the Commandments that were given to the Jewish people. \n\nas for did Moses show how to worship G-d. Not really their are a few verses that are from the Torah that G-d gave to Moses so he would give it to the Nation of Israel such as the 13 attributes of mercy, but on a whole the Jewish liturgy really started to develop about 2,000 years ago. \n\n\nas for how to live more or less yes.\n\nand yes many Jews do and should follow the 10 commandments.\n\nworship with limbs? your going to have to explain what you mean.
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Yes, of course you could call a Jewish person a Jew.  You can also use the word Jewish. \n\nHowever, it is very offensive to most Jews to have the word "Jew" used as an adjective.  So, "That man is a Jew" is okay.  "The Torah is the Jew Bible" is offensive.  Always use "Jewish" in that situation.  And if  you find this confusing, you can use "Jewish" all the time and never be wrong.\n\nBTW, don't be misled by the earlier comment that Orthodox Jews do not consider converts to be Jewish.  That person doesn't know what she is talking about.  What *is* true is that some Orthodox rabbis do not recognize conversion ceremonies that are performed by non-Orthodox rabbis.  In other words, it has only to do with the nature of the ceremony, not whether the person was born Jewish.\n\nGood luck on your paper.  If you havent found the Website Shamash.org yet, you might want to look there for information.\n\nGood luck!!
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All that you need to do is contact the Rabbi of the temple you want to join. He'll explain everything to you. Pretty much all you have to do is take some classes and go to a service. You might want to figure out whether you want to be a Reform, Conservative, or Orthodox jew. Reform is the most flexible, and Orthodox and Hasidic Judaism is the most strict. Conservative Judaism is right in the middle.
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Messianic ""Jewish"" congregations of course welcome visitors. No, a person does not have to be born a Jew to join a messianic congregation. \n\nAs a matter of fact, the majority of their members were not ever Jewish up until recently, and this is also true about their messianic ""rabbis."" Many of them change their names to something that sounds stereotypically Jewish, in order to better target those they want to convert to Christianity.\n\nAs the success of this newest technique in missionizing the less knowledgeable Jews increased, the percentage of membership of ex-Jews as members of their messianic congregations has also increased, now running about 50-50.\n\nIt is also interesting to note that a large number of people converting TO Judaism have come to real Judaism from having been exposed to Messianic ""Judaism."" \n\nWhat you should expect at a messianic congregation is that all references to Christian theology has been changed to make it sound more Jewish, and therefore more pallatable to their targets. They will only refer to Jesus as 'Yeshua' (which would not have been his name), they will say 'moshiach' instead of 'christ,' they will say 'synagogue' instead of 'church,' and on and on, in keeping with the techniques described in the book Understanding Church Growth by Donald MacGavran, who helped the idea of Indiginous Cultural Evangelism get started. \n\nThe services will sound very Jewish, usually a lot of (mispronounced) Hebrew, and prayers will have been changed to add the Christian theology of Jesus to them, again, to make the service more familiar to their targets.\n\nRemember that these messianic congregations need member$hip, and so they also target those Christians who want to know more about the ""Jewish roots"" of Christianity as well, so you will be very welcomed.
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good so the next time a Muslim preaches to me that I need to be a Muslim to get salvation I will show him this. \n\nThanks \n\nas for Judaism it states as long as a non Jew follows the 7 laws of Noah they will go to heaven.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noahide_Laws\n\nIslam by almost atomatic defult fills these conditions.
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First off- are you talking about converting reform, conservative or orthodox?\n\nReform conversion is very quick, conservative a bit longer and orthodox the longest and most painful process.\n\nI will talk about the Orthodox conversion (being Orthodox and with no real knowledge of the others)\n\n1) FInd out either from your local orthodox rabbi who to contact about converting- the programs are normally centrally run, rather than by an individual rabbi.\n\n2) Get accepted into the program- this is not as easy as it sounds.  Chances are they will make things difficult for you, run you around a bit- and may even be down right rude.  Its part of the process as they only want people who are serious about converting- not doing it for frivolous reasons.\n\n3) Go to classes to learn how to live as a Jew and about Jewish law (rudimentary, enough to be able to live as a Jew.)  Unless you have a strong knowledge before starting, these classes take 2-3 years and you CANNOT get engaged or married in this period.\n\nOnce you have finished the thory there are two more steps. (1 if female)\n\n4) Skip this one if female- get circumcised.\n\n5) You immerse in a ritual bath called a mikveh in front of witnesses (if you are women the Rabbis do not face you since you are naked- but another women ets them kknow when they can turn around).  If you were a man that had been previously circumcised for non-religious purposes, before immersing they draw a drop of blood as a symbolic circumcision before you immerse\n\nAfter this- CONGRATULATIONS, you are a Jew- and a full blown member of  the club, and nothing can ever take it away from you.
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I am not sure what you mean. WHILE one remains in one faith, one cannot ALSO become a Jew by converting to Judaism. So, if that is what you mean, you are right, while having other religions one cannot ALSO convert to Judaism. But if one gives up that faith, then one can convert to Judaism and become a Jew.\n\nBUT, if you mean that no one can convert to Judaism at all, then you are very wrong!