Ujm, i have to partially admit that BTs usually bring an enthusiasm that is lacking in us – mitzvos anoshim melumada is an old yatzer hora and the default if you’re not a ben aliyah. There are countless enthusiastic, sincere and growing FFBs, but almost any BT who has become totally frum will have a lot of unique maalos. By and large, they did have to fight hard for their yiddishkeit. That doesn’t mean that they don’t have unique disadvantages too, such as vestigial remains of their former life, not knowing social boundaries, sometimes lacking in sensitivities that FFBs have. However there are other sensitivities that BTs excel in – they can spot goyishe ideas easily, and they also know a lot of hilchos deos, usually more than someone who went through the mainstream system.
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