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

[Zev Sero]

On 1/06/2012 3:29 PM, Elazar M. Teitz wrote:
>   .  The Mishna in Yevamos 24b states that "Hanitan . . . al hanochris
> v'nisgaira, harei zeh lo yichnos."

That's "hanit`an".  If he marries her then he will confirm the rumours.
But ma`asim bechol yom that someone who is not just nit`an but vadai
bo`el aramis marries her when she converts.  The chiluk seems to me that
where he was publicly married to her there's no cheshad to dispel; it's
confirmed public knowledge and there's no point in trying to evade it.
(I'd even suggest that a nit`an can marry her if he's willing to publicly
acknowledge and renounce his avera.)

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