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Micha Berger wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:33:50PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> But from Hashem's point of view, He wants
[geirim] so much that He sent us out among the nations for the sole purpose
of finding and recruiting them.
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That's R' Elazar on Pesachim 87b, using the lashon "Lo hiflah HQBH es
Yisrael levein ha'umos ela kedei sheyosifu lahem geirim."
And yet we know there are other reasons, such as our needing an
onesh.
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An alternative explanation is that of the Kabbalists:<br>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Rav Tzadok(</span></font></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Pri Tzadik – Parshas Parah #3): </span></b><span
style="">… This
that it says in Pesachim (87b) that G‑d exiled Israel only in order to
have
converts join them.. This is explained [Arizal] that it doesn’t mean
actual
converts but rather the gathering of sparks of kedusha and vitality
which are
found amongst the nations. These sparks are extracted from the nations
by means
of Jewish exile….</span></p>
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style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><font
face="Arial Narrow" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Rav Tzadok</span></font></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">(Pri Tzadik – Prashas Metzora<span style="">
</span>#6): </span></b><span style="">The purpose of exile is in order
to
extract the holy sparks from the nations as it says in Pesachim (87b)
that G‑d
only exile the Jews in order that converts would join them. The holy
books
state that this doesn’t mean for the purpose of non‑Jews converting but
rather
that the Jews will acquire the holiness that exists amongst the
nations. This
is similar to the statement describing the Egyptian exile that the Jews
despoiled Egypt and made it like a trap that had no corn for bait or
like a pond
that had no fish (Pesachim 119a). The term “fish” alludes to the basis
and
source of life as Bereishis (1:20) described them was “living soul”.
Thus this
describes the spoils which they took from the nations of the world as
it says
in Tehilim (119:161): “I rejoice at your word, like one who finds great
booty.”<br>
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style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><font
face="Arial Narrow" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Rav Tzadok</span></font></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">(Pri Tzadik - Parshas Behar #11):</span></b><span
style=""> As it
says in Pesachim (87b) that G‑d did not exile the Jews except that they
should
have converts join them. This is referring to the sparks of holiness
that the
Jews extract during exile and consequently also obtain converts from
the
nations from those whose essence is good and need to become part of the
Jewish
people…<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Rav Tzadok</span></font></b><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">(Pri Tzadik – Parshas Eschanon #1):</span></b><span
style="">… The
purpose of exile to extract from the nations the source of life which
is that
Oral Torah which they have. However in relationship to them this life
is in
exile within them because they take this life force and reverse it.
This idea
is found in Pesachim (87b) that G‑d only exiled the Jews in order that
the
converts join them. That is referring to the sparks of holiness which
they
extract. When the Jews extract all the Oral Torah then that will be the
end of
the kingship of Moshiach…And Shabbos which corresponds to the attriubte
of
kingship there is also a revelation of the Oral Torah as I have
explained many
times.<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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