Reply To: Which sins carry eternal punishment?

>> And yaffa, my dad intermarried, and his son (me)

>> “converted” (After being reared in the Reform

>> movement) and became Orthodox. HaShem calls to

>> Himself those whom He wishes. I defied Pew Report-style

>> predictable outcomes.

Congratulations — that is a great achievement! It is difficult.

According to “A Portrait of Israeli Jews” by the Guttman Center for Surveys of the Israel Democracy Institute, 3% of former Soviet Jews observe meticulously and 15% observe to a great extent.

I have observed very little until recently. Now I realize that I must observe much more.