Kahane submitted the law: 'For the first time, it will determine that conversion will operate according to Torah law''

January 12, 2022   

The government's conversion law is underway: After long months of hard work, Minister of Religious Services Matan Kahane submitted the government's conversion law memorandum today (Wednesday). 7 million American children who were vaccinated are not wrong: We got vaccinated and you should get vaccinated too Has it been three months since your second vaccination? This is how you will protect yourself from the virus Did you divide? For thousands of years we dreamed of Jerusalem, so now we want to dirty it? On Saturday: The mother rested, the child pulled the trigger – and was hospitalized in serious condition The memorandum of the law will be circulated for public comment and submitted for government approval in three weeks. He said the submitted law was written in consultation with Rabbi Chaim Druckman, senior rabbis in religious Zionism, and experts on the subject of conversion. Main points of the law: • The existing conversion system will receive state recognition in law for the first time, thereby strengthening the position of the Chief Rabbinate on the issue of conversion. • For the first time: It will be stipulated in law that conversion in the state conversion system will operate according to Torah law. • City rabbis will be able to establish conversion court assemblies within the state conversion system under a single system of hearing rules, supervision, control, and uniform certificates for all. • A "City Rabbis" district will be established in the Conversion Division to provide administrative services to the city rabbinical assemblies. • A rabbinical committee will be established to draft the rules of procedure and bind all conversion courts. • The Chief Rabbi, the Steering Committee, and the Chief Rabbinate Council have the authority to revoke the appointment of a conversion judge in a controlled manner in the event of a violation of the hearing rules. [Gallery] Minister of Religious Services Matan Kahane: "Almost half a million citizens live in the State of Israel whose father or grandfather was Jewish but who, according to Halacha, are not Jews. They are part of us. Torah gurus of all generations have ruled that great efforts must be made to 'bring them home.' Turning a blind eye and ignoring this situation harms the Jewish identity of the State of Israel and causes assimilation. The legal memorandum that I submitted today, and additional steps that we will take in the coming years, will, with God's help, lead to a significant increase in the number of those seeking to convert each year." He added: "Today, we are expanding the conversion system in a way that will strengthen the status of the Chief Rabbinate. In addition, the law effectively establishes a system that establishes conversion according to Halacha and Torah law - for the first time under Israeli law. "The memorandum also regulates for the first time the status and activities of the conversion system in law, after years of neglect, while strengthening the status of the conversion courts and increasing support and guidance for converts before and after the court hearing - something that has not been done by any government since the establishment of the state." Against the backdrop of the Chief Rabbinate's opposition to the law - he emphasized: "I once again call on the Chief Rabbinate to be a partner in this historic process and to continue the dialogue and discourse on the law so that, with God's help, we will together pass a conversion law that will enable a response to the State of Israel's conversion challenge and ensure its future as a Jewish state. "After clear support from yeshiva heads, city rabbis and spiritual public leaders for the outline - I also call on the rest of Israel's rabbis: This is a historic opportunity to make a move to strengthen the State of Israel as a Jewish state - one that will never return. Let's not miss it and do it together - as one man with one heart.". In a briefing he gave to religious correspondents today following the submission of the bill, Minister Kahane said: "For the first time in the wording of the law, anyone who converts according to the law converts according to Torah law." In addition, "everything is under the umbrella of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. The entire system that we are establishing is a system that is within the Chief Rabbinate, and for the first time this is regulated by legislation." He noted: "The existing system is not changing. All that is being done is adding a district of city rabbis. The conversion centers that city rabbis establish will be headed by either the city rabbi himself or a judge at the conversion court. The issuance of all housing certificates will be uniform. Certificates from the state conversion system are very significant for converts." The minister emphasized: "For the first time, there is a system of supervision and control that will ensure that everyone converts according to the rules of conversion that will be determined. The rules will be determined by a steering committee made up of representatives of the Chief Rabbi, the designated minister, and a joint representative. The committee has the option of terminating the role of a dayan if he does not act according to the established rules. "The law returns to city rabbis an authority that they had until 25 years ago, which is to engage in conversion. I trust the city rabbis who were authorized in Israel to convert solely according to Torah law and according to Halacha. These rabbis are the long arm of the Chief Rabbinate.".