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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>From: Zev Sero <zev@sero.name><BR>> Based on the mesorah in
which I was raised, I would strongly disagree with your friend's approach.
Converting a baby when the mother is not Jewish and will not be raising the baby
in a Jewish, Torah home is just plain wrong.[--TK]<BR><BR>The child is not being
converted now. Only the milah is being done,<BR>so that if the child
eventually decides to complete his conversion (or<BR>if the family decides to
return to yiddishkeit) he won't have to have<BR>that done as an adult.<BR><BR>--
<BR>Zev Sero
<BR>zev@sero.name <BR> <BR>
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<DIV>The original post mentioned two eidim and a bris done leshem gerus.</DIV>
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<DIV>IF the bris is taking place privately, with only the parents and the eidim
in attendance, with the intention of making a later gerus easier (should one
eventually take place) then that would be acceptable. But if the bris is
being done as a Jewish ceremony with friends and relatives in
attendance, and the gerus part hush-hush, then it is quite wrong and very
misleading to the immediate circle of friends and family and very dangerous to
Klal Yisrael.</DIV>
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<DIV><B><BR><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby Katz<BR>================</FONT><FONT
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