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?
We'll be in our bunk.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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.