Published: 12 April 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
If a transgender Jew shows up at an Orthodox synagogue, on which side of the mechitzah barrier separating the sexes should the person be seated? Is a woman who transitioned to male required to put on tefillin daily? Can a man who becomes a woman marry under Orthodox law? Can the circumcision requirement of conversion be waived if the convert is male but has no penis?
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