Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 48.
Once a person has converted, even if he regrets and returns to his old faith or converts to another religion, in Jewish law he is considered nevertheless a Jew.
Is there such a thing as forced conversion to Judaism? The intuitive answer is no, but looking closer at the gemarra we will see that it isn’t such a clear cut answer. We look at the case of a slave or captive woman.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
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Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic ordination and a M.A. in Jewish Philosophy from The Jewish Theological Seminary in 2009. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Jewish philosophy. Her research interest is in the development of ethical thought in rabbinic literature and contemporary Jewish thought. Rabbi Steyer was appointed rabbi of the Great Synagogue of Stockholm and Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Stockholm. She is also a permanent scholar in residence at Paideia – The Jewish Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden and as lecturer at the University of Stockholm. She was previously the research and program director in the Center for Pastoral Education and adjunct lecturer in Pastoral Theology at JTS and was the program director of the Yeshiva University Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
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