Oy Vey! They Became Religious! | Cross-Currents

Oy Vey! They Became Religious! | Cross-Currents: "And while R’ Eliezrie may be right that it is an act of insecurity for a baal teshuvah to try to limit interaction with non-frum relatives, isn’t such insecurity understandable?

Not having had the benefit of being raised in a frum environment, he/she is constantly learning on the job. It would be unreasonable to expect a baal teshuvah to have the same confidence in himself as an FFB.

That said, I also agree with those who commented that a baal teshuvah can’t just ignore his non-frum relatives. First and foremost is the halachic imperative.

Becoming a baal teshuvah is much more than a lifestyle change; it’s a commitment to observe the mitzvos, all of them. [The Gerer Rebbe, the 'Beis Yisrael', often expressed his dissapointment that only the non-frum become baalei teshuvah, but FFBs don't...."

Comment #31 (from the same source as below)-
Comment by Chaim Wolfson — August 23, 2007 @ 7:03 pm

Original Article link below
Oy Vey! They Became Religious! By Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie, August 12, 2007


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Oy Vey! They Became Religious! | Cross-Currents

Oy Vey! They Became Religious! | Cross-Currents

"...Are we so afraid of what we teach our kids that they can’t know that their grandparents are not Frum. In my mind it is an act of insecurity that some try to limit the relationships between family members, except in a case that there is intent for malicious harm. Is our Yiddiskiet so weak that we need fear interaction with families members will harm our children’s Yiddiskiet.

I have much personal experience with this. My in-laws where the classically traditional Jews. Growing up in the thirties and forties they had parents that where Shomer Shabbos, but they received no Yeshiva education. They ate kosher in and Chinese out..."

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