[Avodah] Court retroactively revokes conversions

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R' S kadish wrote:
> 2. "Russians" are not "stam goyim".  There is a Torah obligation to
> encourage those with a personal  connection to the Jewish people to
> formally join it through gerut. 
 
R' Daniel Eidensohn _yadmoshe at 012.net.il_ (mailto:yadmoshe at 012.net.il)  wrote:



>>Would love to have a clear source that it is a  Torah obligation to 
proselytize "zera yisroel" or all the other groups you  mentioned. Where 
does Rav Uzziel and Rav Hildesheimer state such a position  - and where 
is the confirmation that contemporary poskim agree with  it?<<


>>>>>
I don't know a written source, but my father zt'l said that, unlike the  case 
with a regular would-be convert who is initially discouraged, in the case  of 
someone whose father is Jewish, if they say they want to convert, you don't  
discourage them.

 


(However it seems to me that this would not apply to Russian goyim  with one 
Jewish great-grandfather, who have no intention of living an observant  life, 
and who clearly have ulterior motives, as Israeli citizens, for wanting to  be 
considered Jews.)





--Toby  Katz
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