Re: "Ex" Jews
Boris Belenkiy (bbelenki@bank.citib.com)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 14:53:48 -0400
Lara <laraline@iAmerica.net> wrote:
<<What is the situation for those who convert to Judaism? I would agree
that the "nature" of one's soul is fairly immutable. So I wouldn't think
that the conversion somehow "changes" the soul.>>
Yes it does. Once a non-Jew converts to Judaism his soul changes (according
to one opinion). Also my rabbi told me that a Jew converted to another
religion is still considered a Jew. From the Halachic (legal) point of
view, the conversion of a Jew to another religion has no power.