Baby Conversion to Judaism at the Mikveh- Mayyim Hayyim

Welcoming Waters: Mikveh Baby

[@jita4u269]

What a delight to see blessing to this family and thank you for this video.

[@georgefetterhauf317]

God gives blessings not a pool of water or a man.

[@ruthlewis673]

There is love. Water is such a powerful thing this ritual works on many levels.

[@woowwow7839]

Ruth Lewis : BARUCH HASHEM😊

[@BAn-mu4qe]

What a wonderful blessing and service! Mazel Tov!

[@orphicselena]

Lovely! Thank you for sharing this moment with the world. I hope their lives are long, happy and filled with a deep faith in The Creator.

[@marylehrbaum4135]

That was so sweet - it brought tears to my eyes.

[@anonymousanonymous-qx7mv]

And so ridiculous!

[@giacomostuart9598]

so sweet i am going to cry!!

[@HeebsterPR]

Can you load up a 1080p resolution video.

[@sabrinastratton1991]

This video helped me prepare for my own mikvah as my kids and I converted together

[@guy7587]

What

[@sabrinastratton1991]

@@guy7587 it helped me know what to expect when I and my children went to the mikvah in 2017, my oldest was 6 and my youngest had just turned 4.

[@guy7587]

@@sabrinastratton1991 orthodox?

[@sabrinastratton1991]

@@guy7587 no. Because at the time I was married and my ex husband didn’t want to convert. Not that it is any of your business but pursuing a orthodox conversion we just need a class and a mikvah again

[@lovekyds]

Beautiful ceremony

[@pillblooms]

Hi, What is the icon you have chosen? It looks like an eye or something.

[@enrico759]

This looks exactly like an Eastern Orthodox infant baptism, perhaps this church got their tradition directly from Jewish Mikveh of infants.

[@billylitner9812]

So cute and magical! If you don’t mind me asking how old was the baby here?

[@docimma]

Mazel tov. All are Jewish with community however halachic marriage could be problematic before conversion of Mom. Until Mom converts, is Clara Jewish via halacha? Won’t you have to redo it prior to her Bat mitzvah? Normally Mom is not seen my Rabbis except in darkness/shadow.

[@pietramendescardosooliveir5599]

❤️❤️❤️

[@DianaKazimiera-]

💗👏👏👏

[@butterfly77387]

So cute. Mazel Tov. I cried .

[@randyndawna]

butterfly77387 Me too 🥰

[@Booze129]

What does Mikveh mean?

[@RabbiDavidLerner]

It comes from the root "to gather" - where the waters are gathered. Living waters refers to rain water or other flowing waters that comes in contact with the clean water in the mikveh so it is more connected to nature. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikveh

[@ElasticGiraffe]

That baby is too cute. :) I'm not Jewish, but isn't it prescribed that she be immersed three times--or is that only for adults?

[@sabrinastratton1991]

Even for adults we only have to immerse once. I converted in 2017. Three times is for things such as ending niddah

[@anonymousanonymous-qx7mv]

The whole thing here is a mockery and stupid!

[@kristine8338]

👏👏👏

[@sarahbader1126]

But I don't understand why ? Mum is not Jewish?

[@majidamd2375]

Shalom all

[@majidamd2375]

Shalom All I Love Jews I Love Torah

[@kristine8338]

👍

[@ME-sx6zm]

obviously this is either a reform/conservative conversion.

[@christo-chaney]

Nothing wrong with that.

[@andreupazcf7965]

someone can explain me why they are converting a baby?...she needs to be old enought to know what its about, and accept life and mitzvot like a jewish... i dont understand...

[@andreupazcf7965]

Im asking theres no need to be unrespectfull and insult people

[@gaggymott9159]

Vincent Gaspar Catholicism isn't a religion. Catholicism is PART of the Christian religion and Baptism within Christianity is a sacrament which can be administered at any age (though usually in infancy)

[@woowwow7839]

Andreu Paz CF : NOT AT ALL

[@ladyofallthingspotterrelat1913]

Andreu Paz CF I know this was three years ago but I’m going to answer it anyways. They are not technically converting her. From what I can tell from this video her father is a Jew and her mother was in the process of conversion when she was born. The father explained that by reform standards she is a Jew because she has one parent that is Jewish. However in more conservative groups she is not considered Jewish because her mother was not Jewish when she was born. So what they are doing is essentially making sure that no one from more conservative groups can deny she is Jewish.

[@sabrinastratton1991]

My children were 4 and 6 years old when they went to the mikvah the same day I did. They had been raised as Jews while I went through the conversion process. They have the right to renounce their conversion at Bar Mitzvah age if they wish

[@setuesetue9458]

pardon me but is this ritual simillar to baptism in christianity?

[@lfrancis8980]

@je&moi-meme * also caveat that Jewish infants don't need to be immersed, only ones who are converted by their parents.

[@einodmilvado5436]

Baruj Hashem

[@AveryWeinstein]

I was adopted and my birth dad is Jewish (Reform Judaism), so I had a mikveh with my cousin at 6 months old. I’m 26 this month and happy that my parents did that for me. My Hebrew name is Gitel.😊

[@Chrisoula17]

This looks like a baptism to me?

[@sabrinastratton1991]

Chris Kalogeropouls this is a mikvah. Christians took the ritual and adapted it. Judaism mainly uses it for conversion Mikvah is also used the night before a marriage, after a miscarriage or birth, conversion of an adult or child (my son's and I went into the mikvah together for example), before a birth, or even after a major life event such as a divorce, bar/bat mitzvah, as well as after a woman's menstrual cycle

[@anonymousanonymous-qx7mv]

@@sabrinastratton1991 bat mitzvah...no such ritual!

[@laerwen]

@@anonymousanonymous-qx7mv Are you feeling all right?

[@anonymousanonymous-qx7mv]

@@laerwen absolutely!

[@sabrinastratton1991]

​@@anonymousanonymous-qx7mvyes there is. Girls become religious adults at 12 and boys at 13. Even the orthodox recognize this tho there may or may not be a ceramony depending on the community

[@ICU2B4UDO]

Dartpopo2000 Popo...Where do you think Christians got Baptism from?? A mikvah IS a Baptism...But for a child it is wrong and makes no sense...You have to be able to accept Torah and fulfill mitzvos...

[@sabrinastratton1991]

The child can accept the conversion at Bar/Bat Mitzvah age. So no it isn't "wrong". My two sons converted with me (aged 4 and 6 at the time). When they are Bar Mitzvah age they can choose to renounce their conversion of they wish

[@DefiantAngel87]

​@@sabrinastratton1991did they need to do the ritual circumcision or drawing of blood if already circumcised to be converted?

[@mysticismandhealing2796]

This is where st.John the Baptist got baptism from cause he was Jewish who practice mikveh,which the tradition went into Christianity ✝️

[@Bc61333]

Im yirtzeh ha'Shem she will be guided on the path of mitzvos and have a proper, orthodox giyur la chumra when she is an adult.

[@silverkitty2503]

Mazel Tov. x

[@user-jf9wj1gl8x]

Is this a baptism in the Jews?

[@sabrinastratton1991]

Its not baptism. Baptism comes from mikvah. You do this when your menstrual cycle is over, before a wedding, conversion, after serving on the Chevra Kadisha, just before delivery, after childbirth and some also do this when a child reaches Bar/Bat Mitzvah age as well. Any important life events you want to mark, kashering dishes, all that is done at the mikvah

[@rafaeltlv1795]

All these people should not be attending it is wrong she has to enter without cloths in the mikve .

[@sabrinastratton1991]

Thats her family and thats how mikvah is done

[@kathrynpalmer5871]

This is a brit by the way, not a conversion

[@sabrinastratton1991]

A Brit is a circumcision. To be considered Jewish by conversion males have to undergo a Brit and mikvah whereas girls only need the mikvah. I only required the mikvah while my son's required a hatafat dam Brit and the mikvah

[@Lagolop]

This is not baptism ... LOL.

[@christo-chaney]

Lagolop you’re right. It’s not baptism. It’s mikveh. Christians took this Jewish tradition and adapted it for their own use.

[@princeofpersia2536]

@@christo-chaney stupid you Christian is merged and unity to Israelites (Old Testament, Tanakh, Etc).

[@Denysfaby]

Que cosa mas atrasada someter a los niños a religiones. A ritos y a normas.

[@1andyou2]

Baptism 101.

[@thomashollingsworth9048]

Not baptism. Christians stole the tradition

[@akjacob5985]

It's is foolish idea guys Baptism is in the name of Father Son Holy Spirit

[@daltonjones5400]

Baptism was literally formed from the Mikvah

[@christo-chaney]

Christians took mikveh and adapted it to their own usage. Mikveh came way before Christianity.

[@akjacob5985]

@@christo-chaney Christianity is based on the conviction of church fathers, gospel, disciples witness etc. Haven't you guys read talmuds. Which says the divine presence is still there or NOT?

[@akjacob5985]

@@christo-chaney The red strip in the temple after crucification become never white. So no more celebration. The Ner Maaravi / western lamp The ner elohim / shamash the middle light ( 3 eastern lampstands) it would always lit by itself for the whole night ( presence of divine) . After crucification this miracle stopped. In the year of crucification the eastern gate wide opened themselves without any visible cause. All these means divine presence has been gone from temple. Above mentioned things are from talmud.

[@princeofpersia2536]

@@christo-chaney change your name dude

[@samiramoe9867]

this is sad

[@Princess2Warrior]

*Why?*

[@theseeds9920]

You all must believe on Jesus Christ in order to be saved from the eternity of death and granted everlasting life in heaven please listen because this world is temporary

[@KzyoonNova]

I'm happy that you are temporary... it's a shame you spread your toxic closed minded beliefs like it's your ordinary daily routine

[@sabrinastratton1991]

If i need to believe in something in order not to be threatened with hell then thats not a religion i wanna join

[@martinsFILMS13]

Pointless rituals God is not real.

[@CadeD679]

Then, feel free to not partake of any rituals. But, why are you saying that to people who find meaning in them? They aren't harming you, or anybody else. Live and let live.

[@wendymitchell8245]

God is real ,He spoke through prophets like Isaiah and said ' I am God and there is none like me .Declaring THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. Then he went on to prove it down through history . Sadly most people do not bother to find out.

[@georgefetterhauf317]

You are sadly wrong.... Too bad for you...I know he is real I have him inside me by me obeying Acts 2:38 and receiving Gods spirit {speaking in tongues as the Bible says}

[@KzyoonNova]

@@wendymitchell8245 I would love to see the witnesses of that incident. anybody can say that they walked through a desert alone and found god and he spoke to them that religion is crap and destroying peace and truth in the world.

[@georgefetterhauf317]

I do believe that the Jews are chosen, but goodness sakes where do they get to do this to an innocent child who does not even know right from wrong? Oh, that's right, they don't believe in Jesus .... what a shame.

[@gl9088]

Orthodox Judaism actually doesn’t accept this, precisely because as you said, they don’t know right from wrong. A person must be old enough to make that commitment on their own.

[@anonymousanonymous-qx7mv]

The shame is that youre a pagan idol worshipper...and secondly the rule is this. If her mother is a jew, no need to convert...no need to go to mikva..not she nor the child. Its a laughable joke. Secondly, had she not been jewish and was earnestly converting, this conversion would be totally invalid. Third you cannot convert a child ...religiously, until they are capable of choosing their own path and decide at a certain age if they want to, in spite of what their parents did...it must be their decision alone if they were not born jewish. Once parents convert "IN AN ORTHODOX CONVERSION,"..the only legitimate conversion... all children that follow are considered jews. No need to convert. So this here scenerio, is a mockery and stupidity on the highest level. And oh...jesus was a heretic, just FYI! Being that you came off kinda smug to begin with!!!

[@laerwen]

Plenty of Christians do infant baptism by immersion, it's called Eastern Orthodox tradition. It's their child and their decision (and she's gotta be a teenager by now for crying out loud.) What a strange comment.

[@sabrinastratton1991]

Chridtians do infant baptism. Whats the difference? On any case at 12 she can make a formal declaration to stay Jewish or not