My Conversion Story Journal

August 9, 2023

There is a point in conversion that moving forward is necessary. If this week at my dad's house has shown me anything, it is that I am ready to take the next step in my conversion process. That next step includes moving to a Jewish community. This next week I am meeting with my rabbi for the first time in person and discussing the next steps to start becoming part of the Jewish community, when I should be there to attend community functions, and how I can attend shul. This means I will also start meeting with the Beit Din. The Biet Din is a court of rabbis that make the final judgement when a candidate is ready to take the final step in conversion, the mikvah. My community that I will be transitioning into is two and half hours away from where I live and from where I work. That means, after this school year, I will not only be moving where I live, but I will also have to change where I work. I will spend the next school year straddling the line between the life I have now and the life I want to live. I'm nervous about meeting my rabbi, and I hope that I can ask questions that I need to ask and feel a sense of belonging there.