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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>RAM wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT face="Times New Roman">R' Chaim Manaster
wrote:<BR><BR>> some in kiruv find a special imperative to be "mekarev"
such<BR>> "zera Yisrael" to geirus. But I know of no such halachic
notion<BR>> for consideration in geirus. I would appreciate any
broadening<BR>> of my horizons in this regard that anyone can offer from
sifrei<BR>> rishonim, achronim or tshuvot.<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT face="Times New Roman">RAM responded:<BR>IIRC, if
a Jewish man has children from a non-Jewish woman, and then they convert, he
*is* considered as their father for purposes of Mitzvas P'ru
Ur'vu.</FONT><BR><BR>CM responds:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I am afraid that is not correct. If you check the
Minchas Chinuch, Mitzva 1, you will find that in your case you are not mekayeim
<FONT face="Times New Roman">Pru Urvu. He says:
"vezeh pashut." However he has another case you might be
confusing with yours. If a goy has kids and then he and they are megeiyer
that these kids do count toward Pru Urvu. (According to some the geirus of the
kids is not necessary). He explains that the governing principle is yachas at
time of birth. He presents a third case: A goy has a kid from a Jewess and is
then megeiyer, that this kid does not count toward Pru Urvu due to his lack of
yachas to this child.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT face="Times New Roman">Kol tuv</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT face="Times New Roman">Chaim
Manaster</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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