tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451958387969081740.post4141192202453226008..comments2023-10-06T15:59:44.389+03:00Comments on Shearim: Guest Posting: A Gair Tzedek or Baal Teshuva who takes the Chassidish RouteMiriam Woelkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627379693165339825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451958387969081740.post-68613726782364749132012-02-29T23:29:12.888+02:002012-02-29T23:29:12.888+02:00B"H
Mazal Tov !!! The most important thing i...B"H<br /><br />Mazal Tov !!! The most important thing is that you found your way and are happy with it !Miriam Woelkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627379693165339825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451958387969081740.post-42653759413161587082012-02-29T21:16:07.611+02:002012-02-29T21:16:07.611+02:00Excellent comments. Me and my wife went through G...Excellent comments. Me and my wife went through Geirus about six years ago. About three years ago I met some Satmar Chasidim who came to Atlanta, GA where we live. We became very close to these wonderful people, they invited us to their son's chassuna in NY. All I Could say was Baruch Hashem! That was the beginning of an incredible journey I have two rabbonim whom I am in constant contact with. I don't speak Yiddish yet, but we are always welcomed by the community when we go there. as far as the lovush is concerned I have just recently started wearing a Bekishe and Chassidic style Hat only with the advice of my Rabbis. No shtreimel yet. You have to have the shteimel on the inside before you wear it on the out side. You have to be very careful, it's like climbing a ladder to many rungs to soon and chas v' shalom you fall and fall far and hard, by the way not counting Chabad there are only about 6 chassidic families here. bezras Hashem we hope to move to NY soon. We go up for Yom Tovim and some shabbosim. next week I'l be there for Purim YM Hashem.<br />Zei Gezunt,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451958387969081740.post-18561870232983163962012-01-28T21:28:13.395+02:002012-01-28T21:28:13.395+02:00B"H
It actually states in Talmud Yevamot tha...B"H<br /><br />It actually states in Talmud Yevamot that a convert who is honestly having in mind to keep the Mitzvot (at the time of his Beit Din) cannot be declared "not Jewish" when he doesn't keep Mitzvot afterwards. Thus, it all depends on the moment of the conversion and what the converts thoughts were. Was he thinking that he won't keep Mitzvot anyway and follow his old goyishe Derech, then he is not Jewish. Was he an honest convert and, later on, got off the Derech, then he is Jewish. <br /><br />However, there is a statement in Talmud Gerim that a convert is only considered Jewish when he is keeping the Mitzvot. <br /><br />It is an interesting statement and I am interested in finding an answer to these two "contradictions".Miriam Woelkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627379693165339825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451958387969081740.post-3067448797278727972012-01-27T13:08:08.769+02:002012-01-27T13:08:08.769+02:00Good advice, this is basically the way I went, alt...Good advice, this is basically the way I went, although not 100%, but BH I am married with 3 kids. I speak Yiddish fluently and I also know how to learn (if only I did learn more). My wife didnt shave her hair right away but now she does. But I have to disagree with the last part. Halachah is clear that if a ger goes ofd the derech he remains a Yid. It was shlomo goren's chiddush to be mevatel a giyur and all of the gedolim at that time fought strongly against this kulah that goren made up without a mekor. Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurbach zya said a beis din can only go by the words of kabbalas hamitzvos the ger says. Even if we know they wont be frum, the giyur is chal if the ger is an adult according to Rav Shlomo Zalman, to which he says a beis din must be careful so they are not oiver lifnei iver. A ger katan is different because it requires the din of zachin lo. To say a ger is insincere because he wears jeans I dont understand, it is not a sin to wear jeans. Even if he does aveiros it could be a bigger proof of the truth of his conversion, as when he gets a Jewish soul he also gets a Jewish yetzer hara. It is important to fulfill the mitvah of veahatem es hager. Saying words like this are a big diacouragement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451958387969081740.post-24034219247545898352010-03-07T13:56:07.907+02:002010-03-07T13:56:07.907+02:00I will sum it up with a conversation from two Satm...I will sum it up with a conversation from two Satmar guys talking about a young bochur<br /><br />"He is Satmar in the hear but not yet in the hat"<br /><br />They respected this boy cause he was making his way in the right direction.<br /><br />in the same shul I heard everyone commenting about the "poor boy" who wore a satmar style hat with a short jacket. <br /><br />Levush is only an external manifestation of internal Torah. and thus in good time start to consider which hat and jacket, etc. <br /><br />If you can quote rashi and toisfos on the gemora you are learning these people will respect you, if you have a felt hat ober nisht der heiliger toirah, they will think you are a bit weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451958387969081740.post-34458841763236352312010-03-07T12:07:58.209+02:002010-03-07T12:07:58.209+02:00B"H
I very much agree with you:
Chassidim d...B"H<br /><br />I very much agree with you:<br /><br />Chassidim do look at your outer appearance but what is much much more important is your Torah knowledge. If people think that they just have to look so terribly religious and this is enough to be "accepted" or get invited - they are wrong. <br />First Chassidim (also their women) talk to you and thus get a picture of your personality. If someone looks religious but has never been in a firm "Misgeret" like a seminary or Yeshiva but instead studies from time to time on a small Shiur basis, Chassidim don't like that. They want to identify you and see that you actively do something and not only walk around in clothes and thinking that you are so religious and better than others.<br /><br />I, for instance, look more like national religious but as soon as chassidic women talk to me, they get a different picture. It is what you say and not so much how you look bringing you in touch with the chassidic world. <br /><br />I would also recommend going alone to Tishes and into Synagogue. This way it is much easier finding contacts.Miriam Woelkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627379693165339825noreply@blogger.com