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Orthodox Jews to live according to Orthodox Jewish law For other uses, see Orthodox Judaism outreach (disambiguation) . ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Orthodox Jewish outreach , often referred to as Kiruv or Qiruv ( Hebrew : קירוב "bringing close"), is the collective work or movement of Orthodox Judaism that reaches out to non-Orthodox or non-observant Jews to encourage belief in God and life according to Jewish law . The process of a Jew becoming more observant of Orthodox Judaism is called teshuva ("return" in Hebrew) making the "returnee" a baal teshuva ("master of return"). Orthodox Jewish outreach has worked to enhance the rise of the baal teshuva movement .
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Orthodox Jewish outreach commonly referred to as Kiruv or Keruv ( , "bringing close"), is the collective work or movement of Orthodox Judaism that reaches out to non-Orthodox Jews to believe in God , engage in Torah study , and practice the Mitzvot in the hope that they will live according to Orthodox Jewish law . The process and act/s of any Jew becoming more observant of Judaism is called teshuva ("return" in Hebrew) making the "returnee" a baal teshuva ("master of return"). Orthodox Jewish outreach has always reacted to and worked to foster and enhance the rise of a modern-day baal teshuva movement .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Orthodox Jewish outreach commonly referred to as Kiruv or Keruv ( "bringing close"), is the collective work or movement of Orthodox Judaism that reaches out to non-Orthodox Jews to believe in God , engage in Torah study , and practice the Mitzvot in the hope that they will live according to Orthodox Jewish law . The process and act/s of any Jew becoming more observant of Judaism is called teshuva ("return" in Hebrew) making the "returnee" a baal teshuva ("master of return"). Orthodox Jewish outreach has always reacted to and worked to foster and enhance the rise of a modern-day baal teshuva movement .
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Orthodox Jewish outreach , often referred to as Kiruv ( "bringing close"), is the collective work or movement of Orthodox Judaism that reaches out to non-Orthodox Jews to encourage belief in God and living according to Orthodox Jewish law .The process of a Jew becoming more observant of Orthodox Judaism is called teshuva ("return" in Hebrew) making the "returnee" a baal teshuva ("master of return").Orthodox Jewish outreach has worked to enhance the rise of the baal teshuva movement .
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Encourages non-Orthodox Jews to live according to Orthodox Jewish law For other uses, see Orthodox Judaism outreach (disambiguation) .( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Orthodox Jewish outreach , often referred to as Kiruv or Qiruv ( "bringing close"), is the collective work or movement of Orthodox Judaism that reaches out to non-observant Jews to encourage belief in God and life according to Jewish law . The process of a Jew becoming more observant of Orthodox Judaism is called teshuva ("return" in Hebrew) making the "returnee" a baal teshuva ("master of return"). Orthodox Jewish outreach has worked to enhance the rise of the baal teshuva movement .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “collective work or movement of orthodox judaism that reaches out to non-orthodox jews to believe in god”. Today it says “collective work or movement of orthodox judaism that reaches out to non-orthodox or non-observant jews to encou”. Read the current article and compare.
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collective work or movement of orthodox judaism that reaches out to non-orthodox jews to believe in god
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collective work or movement of orthodox judaism that reaches out to non-orthodox or non-observant jews to encou
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