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	<title>Comments on: Conversion In Israel and In The Diaspora &#8211; Rabbi Barry Gelman</title>
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		<title>By: Mr. Cohen</title>
		<link>http://morethodoxy.org/2012/06/08/conversion-in-israel-and-in-the-diaspora-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-4346</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Raba&lt;/i&gt;, chapter 29, paragraph 15:&lt;/b&gt;
A person who converts to Judaism in order to marry a Jew is comparable to a mule (chamōr, the stupidest of all animals).

&lt;b&gt;Babylonian Talmud, tractate &lt;i&gt;Shabbat&lt;/i&gt;, page 56B:&lt;/b&gt;
Rabbi Yehudah taught in the name of [Rabbi] Shmuel: 
In the hour that [King] Solomon married the daughter of Pharaoh [who had converted to Judaism], the angel Gabriel created Rome [which later persecuted Israel brutally].

&lt;b&gt;Babylonian Talmud, tractate &lt;i&gt;Yebamot&lt;/i&gt;, page 24B:&lt;/b&gt;
No converts to Judaism will be accepted in the era of the Messiah.

&lt;b&gt;Babylonian Talmud, tractate &lt;i&gt;Yebamot&lt;/i&gt;, page 24B:&lt;/b&gt;
No converts to Judaism were accepted in the era of King David and King Solomon

&lt;b&gt;Babylonian Talmud, tractate &lt;i&gt;Yebamot&lt;/i&gt;, page 109B:&lt;/b&gt;
Evil after evil will come upon those who accept converts.

&lt;b&gt;Babylonian Talmud, tractate &lt;i&gt;Yebamot&lt;/i&gt;, page 109B:&lt;/b&gt;
Rabbi Chelbo taught: Converts are as difficult for Israel as a skin disease.

&lt;b&gt;Babylonian Talmud, tractate &lt;i&gt;Kiddushin&lt;/i&gt;, page 70B:&lt;/b&gt;
Rabbi Chelbo taught:
Converts are harmful to Israel as sapachat [a kind of supernatural leprosy].
&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;RASHI&lt;/i&gt;  explains:&lt;/b&gt; They are not careful with &lt;i&gt;mitzvot&lt;/i&gt; and those who are near them regularly are drawn after them and learn from their deeds.

&lt;b&gt;Babylonian Talmud, tractate &lt;i&gt;Bechorot&lt;/i&gt;, page 30B:&lt;/b&gt;
If a Gentile is prepared to accept the Torah, except for ONE religious law, we do NOT accept him.  Rabbi Yosi ben Judah says: Even if he rejects one of the laws of the Sages.
&lt;b&gt;NOTE:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Tosfeta&lt;/i&gt;, tractate &lt;i&gt;Demai&lt;/i&gt;  2:6 replaces the word Gentile with the word convert.

&lt;b&gt;Babylonian Talmud, tractate Niddah, page 13B:&lt;/b&gt;
Our Rabbis taught: Converts and &lt;i&gt;Meshachkin BeTinokot&lt;/i&gt;  delay the arrival of the messiah.

&lt;b&gt;Minor Tractates of the Talmud, Tractate &lt;i&gt;Gerim&lt;/i&gt;, chapter 1, law 7:&lt;/b&gt;
Anyone who converts to Judaism for the sake of [marrying] a Jewish woman, or fear, or love [of money] is NOT a convert...
Anyone who is NOT converted from purely religious motives is NOT a convert.

&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Midrash Tanchuma&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Parshat Emor&lt;/i&gt;, chapter 11:&lt;/b&gt;
The Golden Calf was built by converts.

&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yalkut Shimoni&lt;/i&gt;, comment on &lt;i&gt;Shemot&lt;/i&gt;, chapter 12, &lt;i&gt;remez&lt;/i&gt;  213:&lt;/b&gt;
When a man converts to Judaism because he wants to marry a Jewish woman, the Holy One Blessed Be He says to him:
You converted because of a nebelah [the carcass of an animal that is not kosher because it was not slaughtered correctly].

&lt;b&gt;Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak &lt;i&gt;HaKohen&lt;/i&gt; Kook, &lt;i&gt;Daas Cohen&lt;/i&gt; on &lt;i&gt;Yoreh Deah&lt;/i&gt; #154:&lt;/b&gt;
“Therefore it is wonderful what you and the other holy rabbis [of Argentina] have done in making and strengthening the boundaries in Argentina where there is a great breakdown in the walls and there is a great number of &lt;i&gt;gerim&lt;/i&gt; who are not sincere – and you have decided not to accept &lt;/i&gt; gerim&lt;/i&gt;  at all.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><i>Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Raba</i>, chapter 29, paragraph 15:</b><br />
A person who converts to Judaism in order to marry a Jew is comparable to a mule (chamōr, the stupidest of all animals).</p>
<p><b>Babylonian Talmud, tractate <i>Shabbat</i>, page 56B:</b><br />
Rabbi Yehudah taught in the name of [Rabbi] Shmuel:<br />
In the hour that [King] Solomon married the daughter of Pharaoh [who had converted to Judaism], the angel Gabriel created Rome [which later persecuted Israel brutally].</p>
<p><b>Babylonian Talmud, tractate <i>Yebamot</i>, page 24B:</b><br />
No converts to Judaism will be accepted in the era of the Messiah.</p>
<p><b>Babylonian Talmud, tractate <i>Yebamot</i>, page 24B:</b><br />
No converts to Judaism were accepted in the era of King David and King Solomon</p>
<p><b>Babylonian Talmud, tractate <i>Yebamot</i>, page 109B:</b><br />
Evil after evil will come upon those who accept converts.</p>
<p><b>Babylonian Talmud, tractate <i>Yebamot</i>, page 109B:</b><br />
Rabbi Chelbo taught: Converts are as difficult for Israel as a skin disease.</p>
<p><b>Babylonian Talmud, tractate <i>Kiddushin</i>, page 70B:</b><br />
Rabbi Chelbo taught:<br />
Converts are harmful to Israel as sapachat [a kind of supernatural leprosy].<br />
<b><i>RASHI</i>  explains:</b> They are not careful with <i>mitzvot</i> and those who are near them regularly are drawn after them and learn from their deeds.</p>
<p><b>Babylonian Talmud, tractate <i>Bechorot</i>, page 30B:</b><br />
If a Gentile is prepared to accept the Torah, except for ONE religious law, we do NOT accept him.  Rabbi Yosi ben Judah says: Even if he rejects one of the laws of the Sages.<br />
<b>NOTE:</b><i> Tosfeta</i>, tractate <i>Demai</i>  2:6 replaces the word Gentile with the word convert.</p>
<p><b>Babylonian Talmud, tractate Niddah, page 13B:</b><br />
Our Rabbis taught: Converts and <i>Meshachkin BeTinokot</i>  delay the arrival of the messiah.</p>
<p><b>Minor Tractates of the Talmud, Tractate <i>Gerim</i>, chapter 1, law 7:</b><br />
Anyone who converts to Judaism for the sake of [marrying] a Jewish woman, or fear, or love [of money] is NOT a convert&#8230;<br />
Anyone who is NOT converted from purely religious motives is NOT a convert.</p>
<p><b><i>Midrash Tanchuma</i>, <i>Parshat Emor</i>, chapter 11:</b><br />
The Golden Calf was built by converts.</p>
<p><b><i>Yalkut Shimoni</i>, comment on <i>Shemot</i>, chapter 12, <i>remez</i>  213:</b><br />
When a man converts to Judaism because he wants to marry a Jewish woman, the Holy One Blessed Be He says to him:<br />
You converted because of a nebelah [the carcass of an animal that is not kosher because it was not slaughtered correctly].</p>
<p><b>Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak <i>HaKohen</i> Kook, <i>Daas Cohen</i> on <i>Yoreh Deah</i> #154:</b><br />
“Therefore it is wonderful what you and the other holy rabbis [of Argentina] have done in making and strengthening the boundaries in Argentina where there is a great breakdown in the walls and there is a great number of <i>gerim</i> who are not sincere – and you have decided not to accept  gerim  at all.</p>
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		<title>By: Adam Frank</title>
		<link>http://morethodoxy.org/2012/06/08/conversion-in-israel-and-in-the-diaspora-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-4338</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Israel&#039;s Ha&#039;aretz Newspaper on this topic:
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/retooling-halakhic-conversion-for-the-sake-of-a-healthy-jewish-identity-in-israel-1.401758]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Israel&#8217;s Ha&#8217;aretz Newspaper on this topic:<br />
<a href="http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/retooling-halakhic-conversion-for-the-sake-of-a-healthy-jewish-identity-in-israel-1.401758" rel="nofollow">http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/retooling-halakhic-conversion-for-the-sake-of-a-healthy-jewish-identity-in-israel-1.401758</a></p>
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