When and how does a convert recieve his nefesh Elokis?
Nefesh Elokis When One Converts
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rocksdontfly
, Jul 19 2012 09:31 PM
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Rabbi Shapiro
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Posted 01 August 2012 - 06:56 AM
When he converts he is considered like a totally new person. Not only does he get his Jewish Neshama, but even the Neshamos that he had previously are replaced. Even his "Guf" obtains a different physical nayure (though to a scientist it would look the same).
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Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:34 AM
When he converts, he is considered like a totally new person.
Not only does he get his Jewish Neshama, but even the Neshamos that he had previously are replaced.
Even his "Guf" obtains a different physical nature (though to a scientist, it would look the same).
How does the body of a Jew have a different physical nature than the body of a non-Jew?
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Posted 05 August 2012 - 05:44 PM
I don't know the biology, but the Chasam Sofer in Nidah (9a) writes that since Akum eat all sorts of non-Kosher species their bodies are subject to different effects. Also, the Chazon Ish (YD 215) writes that when a woman converts her body goes through biological changes. There are other such sources as well.
