[Avodah] Jew Or Not?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

Regarding that we "require" a mumar to be tovel upon doing teshuva, R' Micha Berger wrote:
> (The relevent SA is YD 268:12, c.f. Rama and Pischei Teshuvah.)

That Rama writes "ayno tzarich litbol rak miderabanan yesh lo litbol - He doesn't have to be tovel, but d'rabanan he should be tovel." It sounds to me (from the words "yesh lo") that this is merely a strong recommendation, not an actual Takana D'Rabanan.

That Pischei Teshuva quotes Magen Avraham 326:8 that this mumar can do this tevilah even on Shabbos "since it's not d'Oraisa". This too gives me the impression that it's actually not even a real chiyuv. I would compare it to tevilas keilim on glass -- I've never seen that we can tovel it on Shabbos "since it's not d'Oraisa".

Akiva Miller

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