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Jewish Conversion: From Abram to Abraham

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Where is Jewish Conversion found? In how Abram became Abraham. We learn from Torah that conversion to Judaism is a confirmation of an already existing reality: that one is already Jewish before they come to convert.

Tags: Abraham, circumcision, commentary, conversion, Gentiles, Giyur, Halacha, Judaism, Paul

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Orthodox Jewish Conversion: Esther 8:17 and 9:27

Friday, July 24th, 2009

What the LXX translators understood happened in Esther 8:17, was the very same concept Paul was warning his Galatian disciples against in Galatians 2. If one believes Paul was warning his Galatian disciples against Jewish conversion, then one must also believe the LXX translators were describing that Jewish conversion was happening in Esther 8:17. If one calls it Jewish conversion in Galatians 2, then one must agree that the LXX translators would have called it conversion in Esther 8:17.

Tags: circumcision, conversion, Esther, Gentiles, identity, Judaism, proselytes, Teaching

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Orthodox Conversion: A Biblical Perspective

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

There are several Rabbis in the Messianic movement who have high levels of smichah, but they are scattered and isolated. I believe that we need to be uniting these leaders so that they can form a Beit Din to oversee the conversion process within a believing community, so that those who are seeking conversion out of proper motives can do it without denying their faith.

Tags: Beit Din, Community, conversion, Gentiles, identity, Judaism, messiah, Messianic Judaism, mikveh, orthodox, Torah, Yeshua