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R. SHLOMO CARLEBACH ON CONVERTS

[Edited (by sa)from a transcript of a talk in Monterrey, 1978
Not to be reproduced nor published without permission.
For further information, please contact R. Joshua Witt,Jerusalem.]

According to our tradition all the Jews  and even those nwhowill be Jews later on between now and the end of the world,were on Mt. Sinai.  Some of them were born by Jewish parentsand some just born anywhere else and are making it back ontheir own because they really heard G-d's voice on Mt. Sinai. We Jews were on Mt. Sinai and then sadly enough we made aGolden Calf, and our whole Jewish history is to cleanseourselves from that golden calf.  We still haven't cleansedourseleves completely yet...everybody has their onw littlecalfs hanging around.  But the non-Jews who came back to us, were the people who were  there on Mt. Sinai but  didn't takepart in the Golden Calf...although maybe they have their owngolden calf at home, whatever it is.  So when they come they bring with them this [uncorrupted] revelation of Mt. Sinaiwhich they remember...So they are really bringing new life toour religion in a very deep way.  
	In Kabbalistic terms we may ask why it is that KingDavid's grandmother had to be Ruth, who comes from a paganfamily and is a convert.  Our superficial reaction is toimagine that it would be more beautiful if King David wasJewish on both sides. [But that can't be, because it wasordained from Heaven that King David be descended on one sidefrom a convert.]   So the answer obviously is that the nonJewish nations of the world also have something very holy anddeep, which we don't have yet, and for the Messiah to becomplete there has to be this holiness brought in from theoutside, even from the pagan world...I feel it very strongly: before the end of days, something.is happening to ourreligion -- so many people from other nations are coming andjoining us that it will just make our relgion so complete, ina very deep way.

Reference:  From Disc=sa1 (AS, Meor Modiin), Doc=s1ae, 2ndedit Doc =s1afrom excerpt #12 transcript Monterrey 1978 

