Definitely email. It will help a lot. Plus you can organize your thoughts better. Then again, I tend to try to avoid phones; I'm partially deaf.
I was nervous as anything emailing, and less than twenty minutes later I recieved a very warm response from my rabbi. He told me he was honoured that I chose their shul, that he'd love to be my guide to Judaism, to call the secretary and schedule an appointment to meet one-on-one with him, and in the interim I was warmly invited to attend any and all of the services. I was ecstatic, and so relieved I nearly started crying. I also have an extremely warm and welcoming shul, which is amazing.
Just do it, you'll feel so much better once you do and have a response. Best wishes!
My sponsoring Rabbi was a long-time friend and graduate school colleague of mine and I was still nervous when I finally approached him! I like the first person's idea: Call and just say, "Hi. I would like to set up an appointment to speak with you about conversion."
But the biggest thing that I did to prepare myself was I wrote an essay discussing my path--how and when I decided that I was ready to start the process, why I chose that time to begin, and all the things that drew me to the religion. I wrote about some of the books I had read, some of the concepts I agreed with, etc. I gave a copy to my Rabbi. This allowed him to know how I had prepared myself, to see that I was serious, and it helped him know how to start the process with me. It also helped put things in perspective for me and made me feel more confident when I finally sat down and talked with him.
Wow. That's a really, really good idea. I'm always better in writing than I am verbalizing issues this personal, so, this could help a lot in organizing my ideas before I attempt to talk something out. Thank you!
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I was nervous as anything emailing, and less than twenty minutes later I recieved a very warm response from my rabbi. He told me he was honoured that I chose their shul, that he'd love to be my guide to Judaism, to call the secretary and schedule an appointment to meet one-on-one with him, and in the interim I was warmly invited to attend any and all of the services. I was ecstatic, and so relieved I nearly started crying. I also have an extremely warm and welcoming shul, which is amazing.
Just do it, you'll feel so much better once you do and have a response.
Best wishes!
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But the biggest thing that I did to prepare myself was I wrote an essay discussing my path--how and when I decided that I was ready to start the process, why I chose that time to begin, and all the things that drew me to the religion. I wrote about some of the books I had read, some of the concepts I agreed with, etc. I gave a copy to my Rabbi. This allowed him to know how I had prepared myself, to see that I was serious, and it helped him know how to start the process with me. It also helped put things in perspective for me and made me feel more confident when I finally sat down and talked with him.
Good luck and congratulations!
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Suggest that you might like to attend services,talk about conversion at a later date.
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