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Percentages of Jewish communities that are Ba'alei Teshuva around the world. One must destroy & then create a new world. This is risky. Role of psychology in Mussar. Mishneh Halachot 13:150 pg. 196: Those who work in outreach should have training as rigorous as that of an MD. An MD trains for years. R' Rakeffet sensed there was a problem with potential convert in Maplewood. Meeting Naomi Shemer. R' Klein: It is worth doing outreach in spite of risk of mistakes. Theodore Friedman debate: Catholic rabbi. R' Menashe: Know what you're doing. Outreach is a profession. The stages of teaching non-observant. Rambam's methodology: Hilchot Talmud Torah 4:1: Make him הגון then test him & only then he enters Bet Midrash & is taught. Not applicable today. Lack of observance results in intermarriage. Jewish soldier in Russian army during WW I. Why the covenant with the Avot wasn't enough. Why are you living in a country at war? Teachers from Shanghai showed books are not enough. R' Menashe's methodology: First teach Hebrew. No ArtScroll. R' Rakeffet met two men who became observant via ArtScroll. Davening in English. Visit of US orthodox rabbis to Soviet Union in 1965 showed Hebrew unites us.
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