u/Critical_Hat_5350

I'm Jewish by birth. I used to assume that most people who converted did so because they had exposure to the Jewish community in some way or other. Like say, through a close friend, family member, or neighbor. And then I assumed that they fell in love with the rituals, our way of looking at the world, and just our community.

However, I've now seen a lot of people on this website who don't have any Jewish exposure but feel compelled to convert. Sometimes they even have a lot of misunderstandings about who we are and how we think about religion and our religious texts.

I'm curious whether my original assumptions are correct, and this website is just somewhat misrepresentative (or may only representative of people in the beginning of their conversion journey). Or if there's a lot of people out there who got their first Jewish exposure in the process of their conversion journey.

What was that like?

I'm in the market for a rice cooker, and trying to decide if I should spend a little more money to get something slightly better.

Every time I cooked rice in my old rice cooker, rice water would get in the top, and I'd need to wash the top. That was a huge hassle, because there were a bunch of nooks and crannies. I never felt like I truly got it clean. And I found myself just using a regular pot on the stove because it was much easier to clean.

So, was this a skill issue? My rice always turned out fine. Or because the rice cooker was cheap? Or is everyone just taking apart the top and cleaning it every time?