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If it is generally accepted here that orthodoxy is more true than other denominations of Judaism like reform, conservative, reconstructionist etc. why are most Jews affiliated with synagogues not orthodox? Why does it seem like there’s a mindset gap between orthodoxy and the rest of Judaism

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I was raised by my father and stepmother, who to me is my mother. My father and stepmother are both Jewish. My biological mother was not Jewish. All my siblings who are the flesh and blood of my stepmother are Jewish and one of them became religious. And the woman I want to marry is Jewish. I was raised fully as a Jew with no hint of any other religion, and I had a bar mitzvah. Everyone who knows me thinks I am Jewish. But Jewish law doesn’t consider me Jewish because my biological mother who died when I was an infant was not. I can easily have a Reformed or Conservative conversion, but I want one that is Orthodox. I want to be just like everyone in my family and community. Is there any way, any loophole, where I can have an orthodox conversion to Judaism but not be fully observant and still be myself thereafter?

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I am looking for a way to earn some extra money. One of the options I found is mystery shopping. Basically, you enter a store, engage with a salesperson, and pretend you are interested in the merchandise, but in the end, you don’t buy it (or in some cases you do). You subsequently write a report about your interaction that is used by the employer to evaluate that salesperson. It sounds like an easy way to make money, but it seems to conflict with some issues I have learned about Halacha. What do you think?

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I just came home from a produce store and realized they undercharged me by a substantial amount due to a cashier’s error. Normally in this situation, I would go back and pay the difference. But none of the people who work there, including the owners, speak my language. Communicating with them to explain the situation is impossible. Knowing exactly how much I owe is also difficult because the produce is mostly sold by weight. How should I handle this?

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I am curious, how do modern contemporary poskim rule and set responsa on questions? How exactly does one go from the Bible and Talmud to, say, the Igrot Moshe and Shulchan Halevi and Teshuvot V’hanhagot in terms of building Halacha and responsa?

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Hey rabbis, I know somebody who was born non Jewish but converted under the auspices of a conservative rabbi and thinks he’s Jewish. For context He calls himself “non binary” (as in not a man or woman for gender) and is dating a man. He says that he’s Jewish because most Jews in America are not orthodox. How should I explain to him and other reform/conservative people why orthodoxy is a better form of Judaism to conservative/reform

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Dear Rabbi .. As you know SHRIEM family is a family used to be jewish in the middle east ... But for some curcuimstances some turned to be muslim others to be christains and a lot went to isreal ... All I need to know if Some one from this tree family line can join judism Or not....thanks Rabbi for helping