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shalom-iamcominghome · 8 months ago

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Something interesting I've noticed about conversion stories is many people seem to have both a rebellious streak and a deep-seated, insatiable desire to learn everything.

One of my shul's well-respected members (who runs the hebrew/judaism class that will start soon) talked about how, when he lived in my town, he would sneak out of the house just to go to shul. That's what I'm doing now, and it's funny (I'm not sneaking out per se, but I am also not telling anybody I'm going to shul). There's an aspect of free-spiritedness that I notice in many converts, and it's fascinating to hear each of their stories. And you know the funniest part? They sound like my story.

#jumblr #jew by choice #jewish conversion #personal thoughts tag #sorry i'm posting so much 💀#but i have been noticing this A Lot #and i don't think its essential to be converting/converted but i think there's a reason that converts tend to have similar feelings/thought #i think the unifying trait is the desire to leave one thing and come home to another #i think for that to happen you tend to have a lot of free spirits and a lot of faith and trust #for me it's hard but i also have that in-born need to fly away - to go home and never look back #i don't say rebellious to mean bad but more like... you aren't 'adhering' to the life you were brought up in #i had rebelled against xtianity before finally accepting that i will never and cen never force myself to believe in it #and i think that's where some peoples' rebellious streak starts #again sorry i'm posting every tiny miniscule thought but B''H for guiding the story of our lives #it was SO cool and welcoming to hear that [member] grew up in my town and we go to the same shul

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