Between two religions
18 11 2009 | by Helen Cadbury | Read 771 times
Helen Cadbury relates her experience of training to convert to Judaism
Sefer Torah at old Glockengasse synagogue, Cologne. | Photo: eigenes Foto (Zeughaus)/Wikipedia CC:BY.
Sixteen years ago, I found myself between religions. It was an odd state to be in. Having been brought up in the Society of Friends, I had visited several different churches in my teens and at the age of twenty I began a relationship that brought me into contact with Judaism. My partner and his family worshipped at West London Reform Synagogue. Over a period of seven years I worshipped there too, eventually making the decision to convert. I studied several key texts, began to learn prayer book Hebrew and had lessons from the wife of a reform rabbi. She taught me about the festivals and the reasons for different customs. She also gave me an insight into a logical, rational basis for interpreting these customs today.
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