CCAR RESPONSA
New American Reform Responsa
2. A Cantor Married to a Convert
QUESTION: A congregation has asked whether it is appropriate for a cantor, who leads the congregation regularly in worship, to be married to a convert? (Mary Greenwald, New York NY)ANSWER: When a person has been converted to Judaism and has joined us, then there is no difference between that individual and a person born as a Jew. Neither the cantor nor the rabbi are prohibited from marrying a convert. Only kohanim in the Orthodox tradition are prohibited from marrying someone who has converted (M Kid 4.5; Kid 77b ff; Shulhan Arukh Even Haezer 7.21). Although if such a marriage occurs, the couple is not forced to separate. These prohibitions are not valid for us as Reform Jews. There are no other restrictions on marrying a convert.June 1989
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