[Avodah] Would Ruth's conversion be rejected today?

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 12:07:32AM -0400, T613K at aol.com wrote:
: But what about according to those who hold that they both converted  prior
: to marrying Machlon and Kilyon? Naami treated both Ruth and Orpah the same
: way, did she not? So if there were problems with the validity of Orpah's
: giyur,  there must have been problems with the validity of Ruth's.

Not necessarily. Hypothetically speaking, what if Naami saw Orpah, the
day (or the hour) after tevillah, in front of her idols? That would
certainly cast doubt on her qabbalas ol mitzvos at the time of tevilah,
while still upholding Rus's geirus.

:-)BBii!
-Micha