[Avodah] Vayichad Yisro - Disparaging Non-Jews

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 02:27:53PM -0500, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
: >And they seem to imply to me that the Qeini were a tribe of geirei toshav,
: >of whom Tzipporah, Rachav and Ya'el converted.

: Why do you think they imply that, rather than that they were a tribe
: of gerei toshav, for generations.  That Yael was a giyores doesn't
: mean that she converted.

To repeat:

1- Whatever geirus Yisro underwent, it didn't require it being after
maamad har sinai.

2- It did require Rachav convert to marry Yehoshua.

3- That Yalqut is discussing people who converted, eg, "al sheqorvah
atzmah kakh qorvah haMaqom."

...
: >When it comes to serarah, the NbY (qama CM 1) says that Rechav'am was
: >not barred as a ben geirim.

: Why should he have been?  His father was a Yisrael.

Please see the NbY, who doesn't suggest your limitation. He just says
a ben geirim can lead. Maybe the NbY holds like the Tur, making geirus
dominant (rather the Rambam and SA who hold it's recessive).

-Micha

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