Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 48.

Once a person has converted, even if he regrets and returns to his old faith or converts to another religion, in Jewish law he is considered nevertheless a Jew.

Is there such a thing as forced conversion to Judaism? The intuitive answer is no, but looking closer at the gemarra we will see that it isn’t such a clear cut answer. We look at the case of a slave or captive woman.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.