[Avodah] Geirut

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From: "Meir Shinnar" _chidekel at gmail.com_ (mailto:chidekel at gmail.com) 

>>If the  gerut was therefore not chal because we now know that the gerut
was  insincere, at that point shlomo and shimshon could no longer keep
their wives  - even if the marriage from safek was originally
acceptable - there was no  longer a safek.

Why could they keep them? because once converted, even  though
dishonestly (nigla sodan), - meachar shetaval hare ze yisrael  -  and
therefore kiyem shimshon ushlomo neshehen - not nas'u neshem -   but
kiyem - not merely that the original marriage was not a problem,  but
they could stay married <<


 



>>>>>
We actually do not know whether their conversions  were sincere or not, at 
the time of their conversions, but we must assume that  they were.  They DID 
live a frum life for a long time -- kept Shabbos,  kashrus, taharas hamishpacha 
-- which is prima facie evidence that their  conversions were valid.  /Later/ 
backsliding does not retroactively  invalidate a conversion.


--Toby  Katz
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