JORGE TORRES PUELLO SPEAKS – 6
Message 6: February 18, 2010: 5:04:23PM Yoram has left a new comment on your post “WHO IS JORGE PUELLO, PT 2: JUMPING DOWN THE RABBIT…“ Again, I must go back to the few Rabbis who are aware (not even knowing) the legal precedence on Anusim, and yet have to conform to the Status Quo to avoid any problems. Yet, let it be known they are not obliged and loop wholes can be found within the system. In all fairness, you must understand that the whole issue of “conversion” is abhorred in the minds of some Anusim. They have every right to think so. We know that some people demanded also conversion from Yemenite Jews decades ago, yet the Yemenite community stood on its feet and fought their way through. How does one Jew have the right to invalidate the other’s lineage? Anusim lack the communal aspect, and as a result they cannot defend themselves jointly.By all that we know on Anusim, no ceremony of “conversion” was ever performed and neither a certificate was ever issued. Can anyone bring me the Responsa from 1400’s to 1800’s that explicitly show how this was ever done? For all we know, Anusim were treated Continue Reading →