I a million percent relate to exactly what he said. When asked why I want to be Jewish I always say "I've always felt like this is who I am and who I've always been. I was a Jewish person born into a Christian family and now I'm homesick desperate to become Jewish"

Sometimes i cry because it's so incredible that I really get so confused. It was within me since I was a kid. After years of coincidences that always brought me back to Judaism or Israel, and finally accepting that I can't do anything to change what I feel, I joined my synagogue. In 4 months I've healed from all traumas I had since 30 years. I took a dna test 2 months ago, I got askenazi dna. My surname was typical of sefafdic Jews who where kicked out of Spain during inquisition. A true miracle. Im forever grateful to be coming back home, even if I still struggle believing what's happening to me, but I feel how my soul is sparkling and healing and shining now, and how it comes naturally to me to help others. Thank you, Hashem. I trust you. Forever grateful.

After 25 years of explaining the Why of my conversion to others I heard from Rabbi Friedman My truth. "I had to" thats it. All the rest is commentary. What a relief. Thank you sooooooooooo much Rabbi.

hearing this made me tear up. ever since Judaism has came to the forefront in my life, i have this impending feeling that i have to catch up on my “jewishness” even though i’m in the beginning stages of my conversion. it’s not a choice, but it does go into my soul and urges me to convert every second of my day

I am looking forward to my conversion. I am drawn to convert. It will be the most joyous event in my life.

There are things my ego doesn't like about Judaism but I am constantly drawn to it. I feel like I "must" convert and it isn't a choice

You have explained publicly how I feel privately. Judaism makes me feel good, secure, everything is all right, and I have no true worries, even about death. Only learning about Judaism has made me feel that way. Christianity is morally bankrupt.

I am converting to Judaism after European Jewish came up in my ancestry dna test. I’m not a Jew by choice in the terms of not a real Jew, it’s in my blood and feel I don’t have a choice but to convert to the truth inside me.

Exactly.. I don’t have a choice.. i just belong.

As a potential convert for almost two years now and experiencing both the acceptance and rejection as I traveled around Israel this past month thank you, this video made my heart sing. Can’t wait for it to be mundane.

I'm a Muslim but I cry everyday that i can't convert to Judaism cuz there's no people helping me

Just an anecdote. I converted in 1996. In December 97 I was in London, emerging from underground with a crowd of thousands at Piccadilly Circus station. Two Lubavitcher kids, teenagers, came up to me in this sea of people and said, “Excuse us, but are you a Jew?” I was blown away. I asked why they homed in on me among the thousands of tourists flowing through there. They simply said, “We can tell.”

idk . I always felt jewish. It took me 10 years to convert. The beit din said MAZAL TOV! how do you feel... I'm like Ummm still like me. lol. I went to Israel for a year, and learned in a Yeshiva. I even converted a week before SHAVOUT. I mean it couldn't of happened at a perfect time. lol. I converted Rosh Chodesh Sivan. I have a Jewish Neshama so to speak, But I always felt jewish.

Rabbi! However, the Torah is all about physical changes when taking on the covenant: circumcision, immersion in water, kosher (food affects body), tefillin are physical, and sexual relationships etc etc. It must be that the Torah never mentions any soul discipline for a reason. It seems that ANY convert was already born with a Soul from the Nation of Israel. "Conversion" is just the physical process of joining the nation. No one ever gets a new soul. They have their soul from the beginning. Then, the Torah instructs us in our physical lives. Thoughts?

Thank you rabbi your words fill me with joy

I recently went to the mikvah to complete the conversion process and as I stepped out of the mikvah, I honestly felt a “heaviness” descend into me. I know it sounds crazy but it’s true.

Shalom Rabbi Thank you very much for good class we love you from South India 🇮🇱❤

Hope to be there soon...🌹

Thank you for this video! My conversion process took 9-10 years because I fought it and tried to put it off but Hashem called me to convert so I did it in the end after much reading, classes, and talking to 5 different rabbis. I am definitely not a Frum or very religious Jew but I raised my children Jewish and I try my best to pray multiple times a day and be a better person. Sometimes when I wonder about why Hashem called me to convert, I feel it is related to my beloved Grandfather. He was not a Jew but he fought in WWII as a US Army soldier and he was with the 42nd Rainbow Division that liberated Dachau. I don't know how this Jewish soul thing works but I feel my Jewish soul is related somehow to his part in the liberation and him being a part of trying to save people at Dachau. My beloved grandfather died when I was young so I was never able to ask him questions but I have some of his WWII documents and medals.

Conversion to Orthodox Judaism, is a very good thing.

This video fills me with sorrow, an old pain really. When I was 17 I applied for conversion for the first time, already feeling the draw of my Jewish heritage. I am 59 now, still not accepted even for starting the process of conversion. After all this about 2 years ago I gave up the effort (mind you, not the wish) and then those same people who have always rejected me say: see, you were not motivated enough ...

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Absolutely right. As someone of Jewish descent but who needed to convert, I remember the moment when G-d gave me my Jewish soul at the mikvah in front of three shomer shabbat orthodox rabbis. It kind of happened suddenly without my noticing as it were and then I started feeling like I was taking off! That is when I truly came home in my heart and soul, and the utter agony and desperate longing I'd been going through for many months finally ended. Many years ago now, and I feel and am as Jewish as anyone fortunate enough to be born as one according to Jewish law, who didn't have to go through this horrendously testing process first.

Thank you Rabbi🙏🌅❤️🌈.

Awe such a sweet message

Thank you, this is why I must convert....I have to...

Rabbi Manis Friedman thank you! *GOD* bless us all Amen! 💙🥰🤍

Thank You, Precious Rabbi. Blessings.

I want to convert because it doesnt feel like I have much of an option. My current religion does not suit me in any way but when I first thought of converting I felt really drawn to the idea and feel like this is what I need to do. So I have set a goal to convert to Judaism.

Why does the convert's new soul have the memories and experiences of the old soul if they are a new soul!? And having said that a soul receives it's reward in the body it lived in.. what happens to the old soul at resurrection?

So if I understand it correctly, the "mikvah" is like a kind of Baptism in Christianity.

Watching from Philippines

This man is awesome ❤

Thank you Rabbi!!!

serious questions: if they are given the soul at the ceramony, I have to ask.... where does the soul you had go? I WAS thinking that maybe they had always been Jewish, but born to a non biological Jewish line.... and that they were unaware.... the second question that I have, is with the idea that the souls are born multiple times, does that mean that there is a limit to the number of Jews that can be on earth at any given time? or is it possible there can be non Jewish souls born to Jewish parents? thanks for answers. I have learned a lot from this channel

Absolutely Rabbi from a very young age I told my mother that I wanted to be Jeweish, I have no idea why and I still dont understand why, I went through the conversion and the Mikvah it was the best thing I have ever done

Im so satisfied here. Well that true. I dont have a choice, this is what i really want since i exist. No have to dying for it.

What a wonderful smile

Absolutely right

Do converts get a clean slate after converting?

Excited Outsider --- Me likes it

Will I get an official looking certificate?

Thank you! I was told no.

Amazing rabbi , thanks for the video. Near I will convert. But I feel myself a jew.

Wow is this what happened to me

Have always felt Jewish and love attending events orchestrated by the Jewish community where I felt completely “ at home “. I am a Christian and cannot understand this need to become part of the Jewish community. Brenda

Would the rabbi say this about conservative judaism?

Then why can't a convert marry a Kohen if we are as you say? I'm not being judgemental just curious.

So what happens to the original soul? Does the convert have 2 souls? Or does the original soul die? Or go away?

Where do I get were to whaship in Benin city Edo state Nigeria

If I go on right direction on perfect road - I do not need any "boots" - only one condition, filed up with G-d`s purpose of Life.

I don't see myself in anywhere but being a convert.

Ive done mushrooms acid dmt tried every religion, I gotta try this

If someone already has a jewish soul (without being "officially" jewish) then why should he/she convert? There used to be times you were jewish just by telling you were jewish. Or am I wrong? Who invented "jewish through mother"? And why?

I always wanted to convert. Please help.

They always asked me: Why did you convert? Me: 🤯 No logical answer.

When you are jewish at soul then why conversion is required at physical level ? I was intensely drawn to Judaism

I’m Muslim and I just had my “I have to” moment

I'm 77 and have known I am a Jew all my life but thought since my mother was not Jewish then I was not welcome. But I am a Jew not converted but follow the Torah the best I can.. Maybe I need to get another soul in the micvah before I die, someway

What about reform or conservative converts?

Does this apply to conservative converts also?

What happens to the soul of the one who leaves Judaism?

Good question to ask people such as yourself. Can a fake/imitation ever be concisiedered the real deal. Original Answer is as bright as the sun

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Stalin killed a lot of Jews in the USSR and their little children were given new names and sent to new families (if they were lucky), we're talking thousands and thousands (at least). So there ARE many many people walking around having this calling to convert and they don't even know why. Just one of the examples.

Im Muslim.i want to know about all religions. PakistaN

You mean a convert is possessed ? Then what happens to the original soul?

This man seems very kind and well meaning, but souls entering bodies is a fantasy.

I'm not a Jew.. I'm not converting to Judaism.. I just believe that the Jews are important to God

Most humans do NOT know what the SOUL really is ! Sadly Many experiencing the Earth Program, CONFUSE the SOUL with either the Spirit or "LIFE The Real Self" or even the human entity ! The SOUL is actually "The Processing System of LIFE" (Part of The HOUSE OF GOD otherwise known as ZION) Let us Not forget or Ignore the words of The Prophet Jeremiah; From "The Book of The Prophet Jeremiah", Chapter 17 verse 5, Quote; 5. Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. End Quote. "LIFE The Real Self" is "The LIGHT of MAN" which is "The LIFE of GOD", but sadly the human flesh WARS against this Truth !

My conversion took five years of hard work. And when one of the rabbis at my beth din asked what I would miss most after today I told him bacon. He said but you do not look the type to be big on food. I told him I was not big on food, but you've never had bacon. To this day fifteen years later, bacon is still my favourite food. I have tried turkey bacon a couple years ago, but it is like comparing masturbation to sex with a woman. No comparison. Thank you, Rabbi Friedman.

Rabbi Friedman, isn't this a non - issue, because in some other videos you argue against the existence of 'choice'. So no one is anything by choice, whether Jew or non - Jew.

what happens to the non jew soul where does it go any idea?

As a gentile. Can you show me where i can find proof in the pages of the Torah of what you said here?

RFS

If you have a Jewish soul then it is not a choice.

The biological DNA belongs to the body. Is there such a thing as a soul DNA? 😊

Rabbi! I found out I was Jewish through DNA. Does this make me a real Jew? I have always had a love for everything Jewish not understanding why. Anyway, this answered some of my questions.

Why are there non Jews in creation?

A new soul... no...not a new 23 gram soul.. just same soul run through a cycle wash with tide and javex .. lets not invent things

Do jews follow the teachings of Torah or the black magic of Kabbalah

Maybe, but they will still be held accountable for their actions.

There is No GOD but One GOD.!!~~1~~!!. Love of the Lord is very Merciful.!!~~11~~!!. What does that make YOU? Jew Hebrew Me or You?

Hey I believed Judaism I believen Judaism .Hashem knows i will do anything to bring peace and be under the name

The Mikvah: Is the place Iהמשיע and My wife are to be submerged, while we bare the new bodies of our children, as they enter into earth air at Re-Birth. I Am The One, I AM המשיע, ירושלים לב יהוה אהבה

Which means I have become a Jew. I just had to.

I love Judaism. Please kindly tell me where and how to convert to be Jew. I was refused a few years, and now I still want to be a Jew.

What makes a real Jew vs. One converting????

I wonder if DNA heritage is validated by a sanedrin to identify yourself as jew. But I have my own take on what conversion really does . I think learning and as I understand genetic ancestry. It came out with multiple nations European American, Asian places like Afghanistan, Iran, inuit, and ashkenazi jew . So that makes me a multiple mutt , and every ancestor that gave me their DNA will always be my ancestors therefore I have their heritage and blood coursing in my body , in a mystical sense I also carry their part of their soul withing me let's say I have 4 grandparents. 2 for my mother a 2 for my father ,go back one ancestor I have another 4 great- grandparents, plus another 4 great-great-grandparents , so if you go back all the way back to all of them that makes me the son of many parents no matter how hard I try to deny who I am i will always carry their DNA. So conversion to Judaism is like I'm honoring more my asheknazi grandparents above all else . and one of God's commandments is to honor thy father and mother , So I cannot break the commandment by choosing who may I honor , I'm going to honor every single code of DNA as God commands , because God's commands trumps conversion to Judaism. And conversion to Judaism will only honor my ashkenazi grandparents leaving everyone else out . And I cannot commit suicide on my body, I. cannot say oh my legs I inherited from Italians grandparents I need to chop then off and also , oh my hair i inherited from Iberian grandparents I should chop off my hair , and oh my eyes i inherited from Balkan grandparents I should pluck them out . So that would be insanity if I have to do that to convert to Judaism. Is not worthy all my ancestors were good and righteous people because I am reflection of them all perfectly righteous and good . If they were wicked i would be a wicked son .I love all my ancestors they are part of me and I'm going to honor them all . I have every ancestor of the world except African. Definitely not a descendant of Ham. But a descendant of Shem and japhet .and this is one of the reasons I feel second conflicting thoughts in my spirit , I have been trying to figure out for so long why I feel multiple duality , I mean mixed internal conflicts within my soul when it comes to conversion to Judaism. Because I know deep inside of me Torah and me are one that's what I feel but also I feel a lingering multiple subtle second guesses about it . Not just one many internal voices. I can only based on my DNA ancestry heritage is that I'm carrying the soul of many ancestors , no wonder the psalms 91 says a verse ten thousand may fall at your right side and a Thousand at your left side it just based on my understanding the souls that I carry within me , because you have to keep in mind that millions of millions of souls have passed over over the course of 5781 years so that's a lot of ancestors therefore I carry today their every nook and cranny of their DNA gene . So I'm a multiple nation narrowed down into one single body , I'm the son of millions of ancestors. So how can cut off my body parts just because they are a part of certain ancestors. You can't by reason and logical thinking incorruptible thought .disregard your ancestors. I can always be a jew by blood part of me but also I'm many nations all of them descendant of Shem and japhet . Like Noah blessed shem with may Japhet dwell in the tents of Shem. Unfortunately I dwell in the tents of Shem and also Japhet dwells in my tents. So can either be Japhet or Shem either way they are my first ancestors after the flood . Consequently making me the blood Brother of Shem and Japhets descendants . Therefore the jewish people that descended from Shem are my brothers and the converts that descended from Japhet are also my brothers. So that means I don't need to convert because I am already a jew by blood, soul , body, mentally, spiritually, generational, and dimensional , I've always felt that I just don't need to struggle with it . All I need to do is accept who I am . Because that's all I can be and do . Like the Rabbi said converts are jews by choice , but me is not about choice I'm just condemned for eternity to be a descendant of Shem and Japhet . That's how I truly know it . I don't just feel it I'm just what I am . Because my name is I AM.

The soul remembers that she or he is Jew...

I wont even watch thats a Tania lie All Souls ars Equal just The Souls get more Holiness by the Torah, My Rabbi says get rid if The book of Tania The Gaon of Vilna kick out The Jews that came with this tought.

Conversion to Pastafarian Judaism is a lot simpler (and less painful to the men).

WARNING IN BIBLE: 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. 17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. (Ezkiel 33:7-20). Heaven&Hell Exists,Dont be Deceived.

Gilgul NeShama is a disgusting concept, when you learn how this happens. That after the Tanya no genuine Ger is accepted is a Chillul HaShem

Abrahamic Hebrew = Shem descendants Egyptian / African = Ham descendants Gog Magog / Caucasoids/north = Japheth descendants יהוה לב אהבה

@Rabbi Manis Friedman Let's get rid of the word convert because in reality/logically, you are a convert when you go to the mikveh and when you come out of the water the last time, you are a JEW. End of story. Wouldn't you agree Rabbi?

Save your soul from this "Jewish soul" lie. This is "Judaism" according to Chabad and the Kabbalists; not according to Moses, the early sages, and most importantly God Himself. Read the whole Bible, and the early Jewish sages up until through Gaonim (eg. Saadya Gaon); you won't find any concept of the so-called "godly Jewish soul", reincarnation, or these apparent intrinsic differences between Jew and Gentile. In fact, you find the opposite message clearly taught. The only thing that makes an individual Jew special is if he/she keeps the commands of God and knows God- and, this opportunity is equally open to any human being. Stop with this "godly Jewish soul" business- and save your soul from these lies and magic tricks. Come to the real God and His real Torah. You can't make yourself close to God because of your lineage, heritage, tribe, intrinsic spiritual essence; anyway "spiritual essence" and tribal heritage are 2 completely different things. God is reaching out to everyone, and is equally accessible to ALL: as it says in the Psalms, "The LORD is close to ALL those who call Him, to ALL those who call Him in truth"

Gibberish talk, every person has a choice, to be in any religion they want.

Delusion upon delusion upon delusion. Religion really is pathetic.

Funny ,I am thinking about conversion at 35 ,I already did the circumcision , I just feel I belong to Israel I really feel no bond with the people from my country anymore ,and then I came across this ...