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==A Convert’s Obligation in Tevilat Kelim== | ==A Convert’s Obligation in Tevilat Kelim== | ||
# There is a mitzvah to dip in a mikveh food utensils that one buys from a non-Jew called [[Tevilat Kelim]]. An interesting case arises when a non-Jew converts to Judaism. Are his pots, pans, and silverware considered as though they were acquired from a non-Jew, requiring [[Tevilat Kelim]]? Or, perhaps the mitzvah only applies when buying utensils and not when the utensils remain in the same domain. | # There is a mitzvah to dip in a mikveh food utensils that one buys from a non-Jew called [[Tevilat Kelim]]. An interesting case arises when a non-Jew converts to Judaism. Are his pots, pans, and silverware considered as though they were acquired from a non-Jew, requiring [[Tevilat Kelim]]? Or, perhaps the mitzvah only applies when buying utensils and not when the utensils remain in the same domain. | ||
# Rav Ovadia Yosef (Yabia Omer YD 7:8) entertains the possibility of exempting a convert from [[Tevilat Kelim]] because this situation isn’t similar to the original story of Bnei Yisrael acquiring utensils from Midyan in which the utensils changed domains and not that the owners have undergone a transformation. Rav Wosner in Shevet HaLevi (4:92:2) disagrees and says that even though the form of [[acquisition]] isn’t identical to the original story, the fundamental transfer from a secular domain to one of [[kedusha]] is applicable to a convert | # While there is a minority opinion that the convert does not have to do tevilat kelim because he isn't acquiring them from a non-Jew, he is just keeping his utensils and they become holy when he converts,<ref>Rav Ovadia Yosef (Yabia Omer YD 7:8) entertains the possibility of exempting a convert from [[Tevilat Kelim]] because this situation isn’t similar to the original story of Bnei Yisrael acquiring utensils from Midyan in which the utensils changed domains and not that the owners have undergone a transformation. He concludes that for glass one can rely on this idea and for metal the convert must do tevilat kelim. Interestingly, the Sochachover Rebbe (cited by Shem Mshmuel 5678 s.v. vheneh) argued that the convert’s undergoing of conversion is sufficient to also convert his utensils and exempt them from any obligation of [[Tevilat Kelim]].</ref> however, most hold that the utensils require tevilat kelim. Due to the dispute one should do tevilat kelim without a bracha.<ref>Rav Wosner in Shevet HaLevi (4:92:2 and 6:245:2) disagrees and says that even though the form of [[acquisition]] isn’t identical to the original story, the fundamental transfer from a secular domain to one of [[kedusha]] is applicable to a convert and is obligated in tevilat kelim with a bracha. Rabbi Aryeh Leib Grossnass (Lev Aryeh Siman 25) recommends doing tevilat kelim without a bracha because of the dispute. Teshuvot Vehanagot 1:449 agrees. Tzitz Eliezer 8:19 agrees to do it without a bracha, even though fundamentally he agrees with the Shevet Halevi.</ref> | ||
==If One Didn't Immerse a Utensil== | ==If One Didn't Immerse a Utensil== | ||
