Incincere Proselyte (dishonest) , (from impure motives)

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Incincere Proselyte (dishonest) , (from impure motives)

Incincere Proselyte (dishonest) , (from impure motives)

A person who accepted the religion of Israel outwardly or from harsh motives and not from true recognition of the truths of the religion.

("But a gentile who accompanied Israel and converted, if until he converted his creditor charged him interest on a loan and the interest increased after he converted, but not the principal... since he evaded the interest, he too became a false proselyte" - Jerusalem Talmud Bava Metzia 5)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גֵּר שֶׁקֶר

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם שֶׁקִּבֵּל אֶת דַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמַרְאִית עַיִן אוֹ מִמְּנִיעִים חָמְרִיִּים וְלֹא מִתּוֹךְ הַכָּרָה בַּאֲמִתּוֹת הַדָּת.

("אֲבָל גּוֹי שֶׁלָּוָה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְנִתְגַּיֵּר אִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִתְגַּיֵּר זְקָפָן עָלָיו בְּמִלְוֶה גּוֹבֶה הַקֶּרֶן וְהָרִבִּית מִשֶּׁנִּתְגַּיֵּר גֹּבַהּ הַקֶּרֶן וְלֹא הָרִבִּית...מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁאֶת מַבְרִיחוֹ מִן הָרִבִּית אַף הוּא נַעֲשָׂה גֵּר שֶׁקֶר"-יְרוּשַׁלְמִי בָּבָא מְצִיעָא ה ה)

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