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size=2><BR>R' S kadish wrote:<BR>> 2. "Russians" are not "stam goyim".
There is a Torah obligation to<BR>> encourage those with a personal
connection to the Jewish people to<BR>> formally join it through gerut.
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size=2>R' Daniel Eidensohn <A
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size=2> <BR>>>Would love to have a clear source that it is a
Torah obligation to <BR>proselytize "zera yisroel" or all the other groups you
mentioned. Where <BR>does Rav Uzziel and Rav Hildesheimer state such a position
- and where <BR>is the confirmation that contemporary poskim agree with
it?<<<BR><BR><BR>>>>>></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>I don't know a written source, but my father zt'l said that, unlike the
case with a regular would-be convert who is initially discouraged, in the case
of someone whose father is Jewish, if they say they want to convert, you don't
discourage them.</FONT></DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
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<DIV>(However it seems to me that this would not apply to Russian goyim
with one Jewish great-grandfather, who have no intention of living an observant
life, and who clearly have ulterior motives, as Israeli citizens, for wanting to
be considered Jews.)<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
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