Does the mitzvah of loving other Jews(Vayikra 19:18) apply to the Erev Rav?
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1Does this answer your question? Erev Rav and Modern Israeli Leaders – יהושע ק Nov 22 '20 at 23:17
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@JoshK One of the reasons that I asked the question in the first place was because I read the answer to the question to which you provided a link. However, in the accepted answer, there is no source provided for the claim that the Erev Rav are Jews and must be treated as such. – Nosson Nov 22 '20 at 23:23
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The Vilna Gaon says that the entire purpose of galus is to be mevarer who the Erev Ra are, so that they can be seperated from klal yisrael. – The GRAPKE Nov 22 '20 at 23:23
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Can you provide a link where he says that? – interested Nov 23 '20 at 14:43
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Your Q. is not clear, are you asking about the historical Erev Rav in the wilderness or about contemporary gentiles? – Al Berko Nov 23 '20 at 17:46
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@Nosson The implication in the parsha is that the Eirev Rav became Jews at Har Sinai along with the Bnai Yisrael. As a result the implication would be yes as an answer to your question. – sabbahillel Nov 23 '20 at 20:21
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@AlBerko The pointer to what is said to be the duplicate would imply secular Jews. The term Eirev Rav would seem to mean those who became Jews at Har Sinai even though not part of the 12 shevatim. That might seem to imply secular Jews in our day. – sabbahillel Nov 23 '20 at 20:24
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@AlBerko I am talking about the Erev Rav, i.e. the people Moishe converted without HaShem's permission. What do you mean by "the historical Erev Rav in the wilderness"? Why do you think that the Erev Rav refers to contemporary gentiles? – Nosson Nov 26 '20 at 01:16
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I think he means that practically speaking who is the Erev Rav today. They seem to not exist. You're asking if historically there was an obligation to love them? – robev Nov 26 '20 at 07:11
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"Moishe converted without HaShem's permission" - never heard of people Moses converted. So you should probably explain yourself better. – Al Berko Nov 26 '20 at 17:03
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@AlBerko You had said a similar thing in Feb 19 in a comment to a question I had posted. The source for Moishe converting the Erev Rav without HaShem's permission is the Rashi to Shemos 32:7 and Shemos Rabbah 42:6. Also the question from last time: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/99321/was-moshe-punished-for-converting-the-erev-rav – Nosson Nov 27 '20 at 02:19
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Yes. It applies to all jews. The Shita mikubetzes kesubos 37b brings the Rama that says viahavta lereiacha camocha applies even to a rasha. The proof he brings is that we apply the pasuk to someone whose chayiv misa about to get killed. Rav Elchanan Wasserman also brings this proof.
Even though the gemara in pesachim implies you have a mitzva to hate a rasha. There could be 2 dinim in the mitzva 1. to love him. 2 to treat him well. Maybe you have to hate him but treat him well...
So if you hold eirev rav were reshaim then at least this din of loving your fellow would apply, that you have to treat him like you want to be treated. Im not saying they were considered reshaim. But if they would be.
