Hosting an Intermarried Converting Couple for Yom Tov: Managing Bishul Akum and Kashrut
QUESTION
Minneapolis, MN
I’m working with two couples for giyur (conversion).
The first couple (couple #1) is close to finishing—they eat only kosher but have not yet kashered the house.
The second couple (couple #2) is intermarried (she is already Jewish and expecting a baby. The husband is patrilineal and committed to Orthodox giyur in the future.) They do not yet eat fully kosher. They also live very far from shul.
Couple #2 asked couple #1 to host them for Rosh HaShanah. Couple #1 asked me confidentially
