If only it were this easy.
Converting to Judaism is a process. Every book and website on the topic will tell you that. I’m guessing every Rabbi will tell you the same. In Orthodox Judaism, conversion is as serious and holy as it can get, and can even involve not speaking with or seeing your spouse-to-be for an entire year while you go through the process. For many people the conversion falls somewhere between Orthodoxy and the instant spray depicted above. Though these days you can convert to Judaism online, and probably even find an ordained Rabbi to pronounce you a converted Jew for an untold price, I am not about to go down those roads.
Before I go any further, I’d like to announce the winning Rabbi from last week’s post, On Shopping for a Rabbi. Votes have been cast and the results are in. As of Wednesday, January 30 at 9:30 p.m. EST, 28 percent of voters chose Rabbi A, five percent chose Rabbi B, 50 percent chose Rabbi C and 17 percent chose “none of the above.” If you chose Rabbi C, and most of you did….
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