These are the minimum standards with which the ACJA would consider recognizing an individual with
The Certificate of Return as a Bene Anusim WITHOUT CONVERSION:
All requirements are minimum (1) one year which
must include (1) one full Torah cycle
An individual will have:
1) Attended a synagogue, with attendance to Shabbat Service 70% of the time
(at least 3 out of 4 Shabbatot a month)
2) Participated in all major holidays, i.e. Pesaj, Jag ha’Matsot, Shavuot, Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur(Dia del Gran Perdon), Succot, Shemini Atseret
3) Been active and participating in ongoing Hebrew classes and Jewish History classes
4) Observance and knowledge of kosher laws in the country in which you live
5) The ability to recite the Shema in Hebrew
6) Been circumcised if male by a mohel or undergo a Hatafat Dam Brit if the circumcision
was done by a doctor, in any case a full circumcision must have been done
7) arrange to re-marry (if already married) in a Jewish Ceremony
8) Immersion in a Mikvah
9) Had a review by the Bet Din of their reasons for the belief that they are Jewish
or of Jewish descent and are in fact Baale Teshuva
10) to give an offering-Tsedacah
All individuals will need to meet with the Bet Din for final consideration.
By Order of the Bet Din of the ACJA
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While the Certificate of Return has been accepted by the Ministry of the Interior of Israel and DOES assist one in making aliyah, it may NOT enable you to be accepted by Ultra-Orthodox Judaism. Many Orthodox conversions both in the USA and throughout the world have been rejected in Israel since they were not performed by jaredi-approved Orthodox rabbis. If this is your goal, then you may choose to make aliyah to Israel and then to contact the jaredi Ultra-Orthodox community there in order to under go Ultra-Orthodox conversion under their supervision. If you seek an Ultra-Orthodox conversion anywhere in the world and you want your conversion to be accepted in Israel by the jaredi community, be sure to ask the Rabbi if he is on the jaredi list of approved rabbis for performing conversions.
The Certificate of Return from The Association of the Crypto Jews of the Americas is an accepted proof of Jewish Identity for the purpose of joining a synagogue
(other than Ultra-Orthodox) in the USA and most countries of the world, so that it does enable the recipient to rejoin world Jewry and to live an authentically Jewish lifestyle.
