I don't even know where to begin with this question. My friend told me that if you are converting to Judaism, and you are already circumcised you still need to provide a drop of blood from that area. Do you really have to get naked to convert?
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Glamcookie - Jul 25, 2007 7:43:59 pm PDT #243 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Allyson - Jul 25, 2007 7:47:43 pm PDT #244 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Do you really have to get naked to convert?
There's a mikvah, but maybe you can go in your skivvies, I don't remember.
Glamcookie - Jul 25, 2007 7:49:01 pm PDT #245 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I'm fascinated. Tell me more!!
Trudy Booth - Jul 25, 2007 7:54:12 pm PDT #246 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think mikvahs are naked things.
Well, after women's periods they are.
Bobbi - Jul 25, 2007 7:55:03 pm PDT #247 of 10001
Dog is my co-pilot.
Conversion requirements vary by denomination. The mikveh is required for Orthodox and Conservative conversions. It may be optional for Reform and/or Reconstructionist conversions. And yes, if you go in the mikveh, it's a clothing-free environment. But it's private.
Allyson - Jul 25, 2007 7:56:19 pm PDT #248 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's a ritual bath. As Trudy says, it's used after women's periods, but they're also used as a ritual cleansing. If someone is going to convert, they need to have a mikvah, a bar/bat mitzvah, and I forget what else.
ETA: I was so young when my mother converted (and took us with her), I only vaguely remember the mikvah, and the naming ceremony.
Glamcookie - Jul 25, 2007 7:57:48 pm PDT #249 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
So no drop of blood from the genital region is required by men?
Allyson - Jul 25, 2007 7:58:46 pm PDT #250 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I think that's one of those weird things that I don't think really happens, like fucking through a hole in a sheet.
Bobbi - Jul 25, 2007 7:59:52 pm PDT #251 of 10001
Dog is my co-pilot.
Again, it depends upon denomination. Yes, the symbolic drop of blood (if a man is already circumcised) is required for Orthodox and possibly Conservative conversions. Probably not for Reform or Reconstructionist.
Glamcookie - Jul 25, 2007 8:00:09 pm PDT #252 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
That's what I thought. I called bullshit but was curious.
ETA:This was to pd. Before I saw bobbi's post. So interesting.