[Avodah] Court retroactively revokes conversions

Michael Makovi mikewinddale at gmail.com
Fri May 9 07:18:44 PDT 2008


> it is NOT a straw man - here is why thre is a hilluk::
> While No ger is expected to be 100% faithful to Troah than any normal human
> the Hilluk here is that the Ger in OUR CASE is artciulating his human
> FRAILTY during hsi process of accepting the mitzvos. IOW he is going IN with
> the foresight that he may fall down.  This is the Hiddush. Indeed there is
> no hiddush if after accepting 100% w/o pre-conditions that he falls down he
> is OK
>
> See the Hilluk?
>
> R' Wolpoe

In other words, the only thing remarkable is that he is admitting his
frailty, and yet his gerut is kosher. It is b'vadai that had he NOT
admitted his frailty, and then violated, he'd be a kosher ger.

In other words, he has no incentive for lying, he is not punished for
telling the truth.

Mikha'el Makovi



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