{"id":517,"date":"2017-05-07T14:36:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/derechhashem\/?p=517"},"modified":"2017-05-07T14:36:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T14:36:13","slug":"derech-hashem-244","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/derechhashem\/2017\/05\/07\/derech-hashem-244\/","title":{"rendered":"Derech Hashem 2:4:4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derech<\/em> Hashem<\/em> – The Way of G-d 2:4:4<\/p>\n

But G-d graciously saw to it that others could leave their root nation and join the family of Abraham if they\u2019d care to 1<\/sup>. For G-d had made Abraham the father of converts 2<\/sup>, telling him that \u201call the families of the earth will be blessed through\u201d him (Genesis 12:3).<\/p>\n

If they don\u2019t try to do that, though, then they\u2019ll just naturally stay aligned with their root nation.<\/p>\n

Footnotes:<\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/sup>Thus, becoming a Jew comes down to leaving one’s own people and attaching onto the Jewish people (rather than only onto the Jewish religion). Like any other one, the Jewish people has its own ways and values, but rather than being molded by climate, circumstance, and the like, Jewish ways and values are rooted in Abraham’s dreams for his family of drawing close to G-d.<\/p>\n

In fact, our sages pointed out that we went into \u2013 and continue to be in — exile in order to accept converts (Pesachim<\/em> 87b).<\/p>\n

See Ramchal\u2019s insights into the place of converts in Otzrot<\/em> Ramchal<\/em> p. 149 and in Adir<\/em> Bamarom<\/em> pp. 353, 469.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, a Jew can never leave the Jewish people himself (even if he \u201cconverts\u201d or strays from Jewish practices or values), given that a Jew is always a Jew (see Sanhedrin<\/em> 44a).<\/p>\n

2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/sup>See Midrash Tanchuma<\/em>, Lech Lecha<\/em> 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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