Perpindahan ke agama Yahudi

Perpindahan ke agama Yudaisme (Ibrani: גיור, giyur) adalah sebuah tindakan keagamaan saat, setelah masa-masa pembelajaran dan penghayatan kehidupan Yahudi dengan bimbingan seorang rabbi, sebuah panel keagamaan resmi menentukan bahwa seorang non-Yahudi memenuhi persyaratan untuk masuk ke Yudaisme dengan menyatakan komitmen untuk keyakinan dan praktik Yahudi dan menerima komunitas, budaya dan sejarah Yahudi.^[1] Perpindahan agama resmi juga terkadang dilakukan oleh orang-orang berdarah Yahudi yang dipertanyakan atau orang-orang yang dibesarkan sebagai Yahudi, tetapi tidak benar-benar dianggap Yahudi menurut hukum Yahudi tradisional.^[2]

Prosedur dan persyaratan untuk perpindahan agama tergantung pada denominasi yang mensponsorinya. Perpindahan agama dijalankan dengan proses sebuah denominasi dan tidak berarti diakui oleh denominasi lainnya.^[1]

Dalam beberapa kasus, seseorang menghiraukan perpindahan resmi ke Yudaisme dan mengadopsi beberapa atau seluruh kepercayaan dan praktik Yudaisme. Namun, tanpa perpindahan resmi, beberapa pengamat Yahudi akan menyangkal status perpindahan agama tersebut.^[3]

Terdapat beberapa kelompok yang mengadopsi adat istiadat dan praktek Yahudi. Contohnya, Subbotnik di Rusia mengadopsi kebanyakan aspek Yahudi tanpa perpindahan resmi ke Yudaisme.^[4] Namun, jika Subbotnik, atau siapapun yang tak melakukan perpindahan resmi, berharap untuk menikah dalam sebuah komunitas Yahudi tradisional atau bermigrasi ke Israel, mereka harus melakukan perpindahan resmi.^[5]

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