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Baruch HaShem. My question may seem too simple, but my mushpia and I have been reading through the Gutnick Chumash together. We did not come from observant backgrounds, though that has since changed, so we don't have mastery of Hebrew. At one point, in reading the commentary, I asked her what the word "Toras" meant, as in the "Toras Menachem" section of commentary for each chapter. She did not know and we've tried to find information but have not found an answer. I would be very grateful if you could help us understand this term. Todah raba!

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I am in charge of signing up new members at the synagogue I attend. The synagogue is in a transition between rabbis now. We are not getting a new rabbi until September and we don’t even know yet who that new rabbi will be. This past Shabbos, a man we saw for the first time ever starting came to services. He says he wants to join as a member. I talked to him on the phone today and he revealed to me that his mother is a convert to Judaism in the Conservative movement, and he had a bris and bar mitzvah. I don’t know if he is really a Jew or not. Can I accept him as a member?