[Avodah] R' Angel & Geirus Redux (Re: [Areivim] rabbi org)

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:48:29PM -0600, Daniel Israel wrote:
: The SA (IIRC, I don't have it here in front of me) describes the 
: chinuch associated with geirus in a way that sounds pretty minimal...

: First, a person can't be m'kabel ol mitzvos without a basic 
: understanding of what the mitzvos are.  Second, as a matter of lo 
: siten michshol, we shouldn't be m'gayir a person before he knows 
: enough to be shomer mitzvos.

Someone with an education from a non-O movement doesn't understand ol
mitzvos. It's beyond just ignorance of the details, what are the mitzvos.
It's a different (and wrong) perception of the kelal.

-Micha

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