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==Conservative Conversions== | ==Conservative Conversions== | ||
#Conservative conversions are generally considered invalid by Orthodox halacha.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 3:77:2. Minchat Yitzchak 6:108 writes that you shouldn't let Conservative rabbis use your mikveh for a conversion.</ref> | #Conservative conversions are generally considered invalid by Orthodox halacha.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 3:77:2. Minchat Yitzchak 6:108 writes that you shouldn't let Conservative rabbis use your mikveh for a conversion.</ref> | ||
==Baal Teshuva== | |||
#There is a rabbinic tevilah for someone who completely left Jewish practice and wants to do teshuva.<ref>Rama 268:12. The Gra cites the source for the Tevilah in [https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%9F_%D7%97#%D7%97 Avot D'Rabbi Natan 8:8].</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
