How to Convert to Judaism According to the Rambam (Hilchos Issurei Biah 13-14)

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This afternoon (11/23/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we took a break from Hilchos Talmud Torah. Seeing as how my 21st geriversary is coming up this Thursday, we decided to review the Rambam's halachos about converting to Judaism. Since we only spent one session on this topic, we didn't have time to go through ALL the halachos, but at least we covered the halachos about the conversion process itself - in addition to taking a detour to the topic of milah for non-Jews. This was definitely more "bekius" than "bekiyun," but hopefully it's as interested to you as it was to us!
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה יג:א-ו,יד-יח; יד:א-ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות י:ז-ח
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