[Avodah] Chiyuv l'kabel gerim

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Jan 3, 2008 9:30 PM, Michael Makovi <mikewinddale at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The body of his text implies there is a chiyuv to be m'kabel; "EXCEPT for
> the case" of someone who shows a sincere desire, there is no chiyuv to be
> m'kabel, meaning there is a chiyuv to be m'kabel on someone who shows
> sincere desire. But according to footnote 12, the chiyuv commences only when
> the beit din decides to accept the candidate; if someone shows sincere
> desire but the beit din does not accept him (for whatever reason), then
> there is no chiyuv to be m'kabel despite his sincere desire.
>
> A possible resolution would be the answer to the question, does a beit din
> have the ability to reject a completely worthy candidate? If the answer is
> no (i.e. if the beit din has a chiyuv to accept a worthy candidate), then
> in effect, there is a chiyuv to be m'kabel, because there is a chiyuv to
> decide to accept a worthy would-be-ger, and once that decision is made,
> there is a chiyuv to convert him, and these two chiyuvim combine to make a
> chiyuv to convert a worthy candidate.
>
>
> Mikha'el Makovi
>

Hers is a simple model:
Beis Din has the obligation to accept any prospective Ger who has
demonstrated his/her persistence.  kind of like Hillel in the skylight. Any
prospect that really HAS gone through hoops SHOULD be accepted readily but
first we have to confirm that this prospect HAS overcome challenges.  If
not, the BD is not obligated, or at best it MIGHT provide an artificial set
of challenges such as rejection.






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