[Avodah] Accepting Amelekites As Converts

[Jay F Shachter]

On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 17:24:38 EST, one of the members of
this mailing list wrote:

>
> The halacha is we dont accept geirim from Amalek.
>

Contrary to what the above-cited poster wrote, this is not an
undisputed halakha, and anyone who claims that it is should at least
attempt to reconcile it with the plain meaning of 2 Samuel 1:13, which
the above poster does not do.`


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