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This episode discusses the mitzvah to love converts in Judaism, emphasizing its significance in the Torah.

Loving the convert isn't just a nice idea. It's a double mitzvah straight from the Torah. Every Jew has a mitzvah to love their fellow Jew. But when it comes to the ger, the convert, the Torah doubles it. Twice. Two separate mitzvot to love this soul who chose to come home. And then Hashem says something that stops you in your tracks. The sages ask, who is greater, the one who loves the king, or the one whom the king loves? The tzaddikim love Hashem. But Hashem loves the convert. Directly. Ex...

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