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Whats the difference between giyur and chiyur le chumra and what are the must do rules for giyur le chumra man after he done the process of brit

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Shalom, Tahnk you for your question. The difference between Giur and Giur L’Chumrah is not in the process of the conversion, but rather in the reason for doing the conversion. That is, a Giur, a conversion, is preformed when a non Jew desires to enter into the fold of the Jewish people. A Giur Le’Chumrah is a “conversion done to be strict”. That is, when we have a case of a person whose Judaism is questionable, we might suggest they undergo a conversion “to be on the safe side” as it were. That might happen, for example, with someone who has doubtful lineage. Or someone who underwent a previous conversion, but we are not certain that it was carried out correctly. In any event, the process is usually the same in both cases. In general, the Bet Din (Jewish court) with whom the convert is converting should be able to answer any practical questions. But, feel free to write to us again if you have further questions that we might be able to help you with.’ Blessings.

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R Ruben L and Flora Rdz. |29 Av 5783

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Good Rabbi My is Ruben L Rodriguez and My dear Wife Flora L Rodriguez our circumstance is complex as well Rabbi We so called did a Conversion in Madison Wi. Unfortunately, Rabbi Sperling It was a Conservative. As you know it is Not a valid Conversion. It's been more than 15 plus years now and it's been about 3 plus years ago my wife and came to our sense that this was not a true conversion. Our Hearts and in our souls are in line with Hassidism we strongly attach ourselves to the Bal Shem tov his bless it memory and of course The Rebbe of Chabad bless it, Memory. We left Madison now and it's been 9 years now have past. Texas is the place we reside now. My big question is would we qualify under the term as a Giyur Lechumra . We lived as Jews we try to eat as Kosher as possible and diffidently no pork since we study Torah at home (Chumash and the Tanach ) We recently subscribed to Chanyenu Daily Torah Study just to mentioned it , What can we do . ( rueven@live.com please correspond at your convenience