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size=2>From: "Meir Shinnar" <A
href="mailto:chidekel@gmail.com">chidekel@gmail.com</A><BR><BR>>>If the
gerut was therefore not chal because we now know that the gerut<BR>was
insincere, at that point shlomo and shimshon could no longer keep<BR>their wives
- even if the marriage from safek was originally<BR>acceptable - there was no
longer a safek.<BR><BR>Why could they keep them? because once converted, even
though<BR>dishonestly (nigla sodan), - meachar shetaval hare ze yisrael -
and<BR>therefore kiyem shimshon ushlomo neshehen - not nas'u neshem -
but<BR>kiyem - not merely that the original marriage was not a problem,
but<BR>they could stay married <<</FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV>>>>>><BR>We actually do not know whether their conversions
were sincere or not, at the time of their conversions, but we must assume that
they were. They DID live a frum life for a long time -- kept Shabbos,
kashrus, taharas hamishpacha -- which is prima facie evidence that their
conversions were valid. /Later/ backsliding does not retroactively
invalidate a conversion.</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><B><BR></B><BR><B>--Toby
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