tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post4972496221918415337..comments2024-03-28T02:08:17.990+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Freund succeeds in bringing in 900 more non-Jewish Bnei MenasheDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-87374880899704231162013-10-22T04:05:30.466+03:002013-10-22T04:05:30.466+03:00Not true. I have come across a number of historica...Not true. I have come across a number of historical accounts of entire gentile villages in Eastern Europe converting. This even happened in Lithuania as late as about 100 years ago. <br /><br />In any event, they may be non-Jews now, but relatively soon after coming to Israel they will, in all likelihood, all convert individually al pi halacha. They are known to be very observant and enthusiastic. yeshayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-15149415639603761132013-10-20T19:28:20.413+03:002013-10-20T19:28:20.413+03:00Judaism does not do mass conversions. We should be...Judaism does not do mass conversions. We should be turning prospective converts away; certainly not encouraging them. And we all know the fallout of mass converts in our historical past.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-31320558357646586482013-10-20T17:30:17.913+03:002013-10-20T17:30:17.913+03:00Eddie please show me where it says that when a non...Eddie please show me where it says that when a non-Jew plans to convert - it is a Torah prohibition to refer to him as a non-Jew?!<br /><br />I assume you would say that the Russians or Ethiopians came only to keep mitzvos and they are all shomer Torah and mitzvos now?!Daas Torahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-74561070029910265312013-10-20T16:14:15.471+03:002013-10-20T16:14:15.471+03:00considering that they are converted l'fi halac...considering that they are converted l'fi halacha, and they are fully mitzvah observant in Israel, then calling them non Jews is issur d'oraita.<br />They are not coming to Israel to live as goyim, or to marry rich ashkenazim that they already are invovled with. they are converting in order to keep the mitzvot. Ben MIkrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122937371918515052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-87519785968299238822013-10-20T09:36:21.903+03:002013-10-20T09:36:21.903+03:00They are gentiles much like the Ethiopians and muc...They are gentiles much like the Ethiopians and much of the Russians brought to Israel.Samnoreply@blogger.com