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How To Raise An Interfaith Baby…Sorta

January 30, 2013 by Patrick Beaulier

smile kisses in the tub

When I explained to my Rabbi the ONE and only thing that would stop me from not converting would be
if he told me to divorce my husband he sort of laughed at me. In a very nice and respectable way, he’s
a great guy honestly, but he did still chuckle a little. I mean, it happened. I know there are some Rabbi‘s
out there that would be all H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS NO, to the girl with a semi Christian hubs who
wants to become Jewish, and maybe you had one yourself. All I can tell you is I lucked out with this
dude.

The one thing he did tell me though, was that I should raise my son, and future babies who won’t be
around for MANY MANY years to come, in the Jewish faith. Obviously I expected my Rabbi to tell me
this, I mean dudes isn’t that his job? He told me though that while most [Read more…]

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