he refused cause he did not belive the adopted mom will raise the baby jewish -did he do the right thing?
2006-10-23 05:27:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the adopted mother is a jew
2006-10-23 11:19:57 · update #1
Yes he did. The child has to make that choice.
2006-10-23 05:30:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jews are very strict in this that you can only convert to Judaism if you take the religion serious. Also as a grown up person they first make sure if the person is serious before they let him convert.
I mean Christians just want to get as many babies as possible baptized, it is a different concept, but I think the Jewish concept is better. For example I was baptized as a baby and I don't believe in Christianity at all, and my parents are not religious at all and didn't raise me Christian at all, so I don't see where is the sense in the ceremony of baptism then.
The child you are speaking about will be able to convert to Judaism later if it is his or her choice and true belief.
2006-10-23 12:36:08 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You didn't give the one small detail that would make sense to me ... is the woman jewish?
If not, perhaps the Rabbi was correct, or perhaps the Rabbi knew the woman and did not think her to be a good jewish woman.
2006-10-23 12:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if he doesn't believe the baby will be raised jewish, yes, he did the right thing.
2006-10-23 12:30:45 · answer #4 · answered by JewishGirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋