November 27, 2013

Is it better to be an observant Reform Jew or an occasional Conservative one?

Is it better to be an observant Reform Jew or an occasional Conservative one?

Answer:

It is better to be a better Jew!
In other words: a Jew should never restrict him/herself to a human definition or movement. 

Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, these are names of movements. But a Jew is not a movement; s/he is a Jew chosen by G-d to represent Him in this world. Every Jew received the whole Torah at Sinai, and every Jew should at every moment try to fulfill as much of that Torah as s/he can.

If today s/he was good, and tomorrow s/he has an opportunity to be better, by all means be better. What will be the next day? S/he will deal with that when it comes.

So a Jew should simply strive to be better, rather than try to fit into a definiton. 

 http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/174,2253066/I-am-not-sure-to-what-form-of-Judaism-I-belong.html

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