[Avodah] Pre-Sinaitic conversions

[Zev Sero]

Daniel Eidensohn wrote:

> _/*You of course have the eiruv rav who converted in Egypt*/_
> 
> *Rashi[1] <#_ftn1>(Shemos 32:7): Your people has become corrupt – *The 
> verse doesn’t say that the people have become corrupt but “your people.” 
> G‑d said, “The eiruv rav that you had  accepted on your own initiative 
> and converted without first having consulted with Me which you had said 
> that it was good that gerim should attach themselves to the Shechina. In 
> fact the eiruv rav have become corrupt and they corrupt others.”
> 
> 
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> 
> [1] <#_ftnref1>  *רש"י (שמות לב:ז):* *שחת עמך* - שחת העם לא נאמר אלא 
> עמך, ערב רב שקבלת מעצמך וגיירתם ולא נמלכת בי, ואמרת טוב שידבקו גרים 
> בשכינה, הם שחתו והשחיתו:

This was after the mass conversion at Sinai, so it's not a proof.


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