[Avodah] Geirus in Israel

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

There has been a protracted discussion on Areivim regarding the Geirus
controversy in Israel, and it seems pretty clear that the Israeli Batei Din
do not follow (only) the Shulchan Aruch in deciding who is a Jew, but also
consider various legal and political considerations. The question that
bothers me is that shouldn't that be contrary to the mitzvah of loving the
Geir? (Because the Jewish status of a Geir doesn't change based on political
considerations or Israeli secular law.) And if it is, then what do the
Israeli Rabbanim do when the law requires them to be M'vatel a Mitzvas Asei?
I seem to remember that this was discussed in the context of the
disengagement, and I wonder if anyone had any insight - from a Halachic
point of view - in these two questions.

 

KT,

MYG

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