<div dir="ltr"><<<span style="font-size:12.8px">if someone comes to beis din and says 'i want to convert to judaism, but</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">do not believe in sefirot, gilgulim, klipa etc ie kabbalistic principles</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> ---- will he be accepted , or are those fundamental dogma that makes</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">one not a jew if one doesn't believe in them ? >></span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">I don't see any problem since many religious Jews would not acceot these kabbalistic ideas.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">I think a harder question would be someone who says he doesnt accept the Rambam's</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">tenets of faith pointing to the book of Marc Shapiro of rishonim that disagreed with each and everyone of the tenets. e.g. the convert says that G-d has a body based in fact on kabbalistic texts.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Conversely what if the convert says he follows Rambam in areas in which the Rambam is not accepted today in many circles.<br clear="all"></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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