[Avodah] Rabbi Angel: Halachic essay on Geirus

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 04:30:35PM +0000, rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
: Teaser:
: Rabbi Angel
:     ...Most Orthodox Jews (including me) were taught to believe that
:     conversion is valid only if the would-be proselyte comes with pure
:     spiritual motives and if he/she will be observing all the mitzoth upon
:     conversion. Because we have been taught in this way, it is difficult
:     to examine the sources without bringing these assumptions into play.
...

Do you mean to rehash the discussion at <http://bit.ly/8sHXg> titled "R'
Angel & Geirus Redux" (see also the previous and following subject lines
in the index), running from mid-March to mid-April 2008 and including
89 posts?

There are discussions on Avodah which informed me, some that made me
change my mind, many that made me conclude eilu va'eilu, and then those
that left me as convinced as when I started. Nothing in that discussion
led me to agree that RMA's intepretation was loyal to his sources.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha