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    Converting to Judaism

    If the status change for both Jew and a convert is the same, then what is the difference? What marks immerson of a convert an initiation rite? It is something that can be done many times, am I right? Or there is something I do not understand properly... I am acctualy having a debate whether or...
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    Converting to Judaism

    So, it does create a change? What confuses me is how it differs from other immersions in mikveh that were or still are practiced by other Jews? Is something special about this first immersion? Can we say that ritual immersion has two meanings, ritual cleaning and initiation? Or not?
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    Converting to Judaism

    Well, I take a standard definion from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiation
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    Converting to Judaism

    But is it a initiation rite or not? I am struggling with defining its meaning.
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    Converting to Judaism

    Hello everyone! I have a question about conversion. Can ritual immersion in water (mikveh) be considered initiation rites for converts?
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    Did Christianity spread in the first century Palestine?

    If so, what evidence do we have for that?
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