Conversion to Judaism in Jewish law : essays and responsa / edited by Walter Jacob and Moshe Zemer. Pittsburgh ; Tel Aviv : Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah ; Pittsburgh : Rodef Shalom Press ; Tel Aviv : Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah ; Pittsburgh : Rodef Shalom Press, 1994
Content
PDF Front cover
PDF Title page
PDF Title page
PDF Dedication
PDF III CONTENTS
PDF PREFACE
PDF INTRODUCTION
PDF HALAKHAH AND ULTERIOR MOTIVES - Rabbinic Discretion and the Law of Conversion
PDF AMBIVALENCE IN PROSELYTISM
PDF WITHOUT MILAH AND TEVILAH
PDF CONVERSION IN REFORM HALAKHAH
PDF SELECTED REFORM RESPONSA
135 CONVERSION WITHOUT FORMAL INSTRUCTION
141 GERUT AND THE QUESTION OF BELIEF
145 A CONVERT FROM ANOTHER LAND
147 CONVERSION AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
151 MENTAL COMPETENCY OF A CONVERT
153 THE PREGNANT PROSELYTE
157 CONVERTING A MARRIED WOMAN
159 CONVERSION OF A YOUNG CHILD
163 CIRCUMCISION OF PROSELYTES
171 PROSPECTIVE CONVERT WHO FEARS CIRCUMCISION
175 A CONVERT AND HEBREW
177 THE MIQVEH AND REFORM CONVERTS
181 A SWIMMING POOL AS A MIQVEH
185 THE INCOMPLETE CONVERSION
189 LAYMAN CONDUCTING A CONVERSION
195 PRIVACY OF A CONVERT
197 UNPROVABLE CLAIMS TO CONVERSION
203 THE COURSE OF STUDY FOR GERUT
205 THE PROSELYTE AND HER GENTILE PARENTS
209 MEMORIALIZING CHRISTIAN RELATIVES
213 AN APOSTATE PROSELYTE
PDF 215 CONTRIBUTORS
PDF Back cover