[Avodah] Chiyuv l'kabel gerim

[Michael Makovi]

> There is no chiyuv to accept gerim because there is no obligation for a goy
> to become a ger.  He can get olam haba by keeping the Sheva Mitzvos.
>
>
> --Toby Katz

But that only explains why we try to dissuade him. But it doesn't
prove we have no chiyuv to be m'kabel gerim. Once a gentile shows a
sincere desire to be Jewish, it could very well be that we still have
no chiyuv to be m'kable, but all the same it could be that we DO have
a chiyuv to be m'kabel.

I believe we have been conflating several questions. Viz.,

Everyone agrees that we try to dissuade would-be gerim. No question.
Everyone agrees that once a would-be ger is accepted by the beit din,
there IS a chiyuv to be m'kabel. No question.

The question then is, once a gentile shows a sincere desire to be
Jewish, and he shows that he is capable of living as a proper Jew, BUT
the beit din has not yet accepted him, the question then is, does the
beit din have an obligation to accept him for conversion?

See my earlier post regarding Rabbi Henkin, where he is ambiguous
whether the chiyuv is only to receive them once they are accepted by
the beit din, or whether also there is a chiyuv for the beit din to
accept them when they show themselves to be sincere but haven't yet
been accepted.

Mikha'el Makovi