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elfwitch

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Fri Oct-17-03 02:10 PM
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17. historical tradition

Way back during the time of the first Christian Roman Ceasar, converting to Judaism became punishable by death. Death for the convert and for the rabbi. So rabbis wanted to be really sure that people were serious about converting. They would turn them away three times. If after the third try the convert could demonstrate that they were committed enough to rish death, then the rabbi would allow it.

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