{"id":10877,"date":"2019-10-17T21:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T00:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabadlaplata.org.ar\/?p=10877"},"modified":"2021-02-09T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:52:35","slug":"que-es-un-guer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/que-es-un-guer\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Guer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The word Guer<\/em> (\u05d2\u05e8) in the Torah has several meanings. It is usually identified with only one of them in the texts, but, in practice, in each of the texts it has a specific meaning and, must be interpreted according to the context (Talmud Chullin 115b, Braita of Rabbi Ishmael in Torat Cohanim beginning of Vayikra).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very root of the word is from the verb lagur<\/em> (\u05dc\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8) means "to live," "to inhabit." See Rashi on Exodus 22:21: "Every word \u05d2\u05e8 signifies a person who was not born in that country but came from another country to live there.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stranger\/Outsider
<\/strong>The first meaning we find in the Torah is "foreigner," as in Genesis 23:4, when Abraham wants to buy a plot of land to bury Sarah: "I am a stranger and a sojourner among you." Clearly, Abraham is expressing that he does not belong to the people of Benekhyun from whom he wanted to buy the land, etc.

Convert<\/strong>
A convert is a person who was not born Jewish (that is, not born to a Jewish mother) and who joined the Jewish people through the process of conversion. Such a person has the same laws as a Jew by birth, as expressed in Leviticus 19:34, "The convert who lives among you will be treated as one of your own." It is interesting to note in this same verse that Guer<\/em> It means convert and "that he may dwell with you" is written HaGar<\/em>, I mean, "\u00abHaGuer<\/em> HaGar<\/em>\u00bb (\u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05b5\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8)\u2026 same letters with different vocalizations.
Another example is Deuteronomy 10:19: \u00abThey will love the one who has turned back, for they were strangers in the land of Egypt.\u00bb The translation of HaGuer<\/em> (\u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05b5\u05bc\u05e8) as "convert" and Gerim<\/em> (\u05d2\u05b5\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd) as "strangers" is not whimsical, Onkelus and Rabbi Jonathan ben Uzziel say so in their translations (\u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05d9\u05b8\u05ea \u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0<\/strong> \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d3\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05d9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05df<\/strong> \u05d4\u05b2\u05d5\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05b0\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd).
We find the same in Exodus 22:20: \u00abDo not deceive a convert\u2026 for they were strangers in the land of Egypt.\u00bb It is interesting to note that Ramban explains the connection between \u00abconvert\u00bb and \u00abstranger,\u00bb saying that you might think the convert has no one to care for him because he comes from a different people, etc., but you should know that just as I (says God) saved you from the suffering of Egypt, where you were a stranger and had no one to help you, in the same way I will help the convert\u2026

Stranger (Guer toshav)<\/strong>
In other words, a foreigner living in the Land of Israel but not converted to Judaism. He simply agreed before a rabbinical court to fulfill the seven commandments of Bnei Noach. We are permitted to let him live in our land. These laws only apply when the entire Jewish people live in the Land of Israel, we have a king, etc., conditions that do not apply today. This is found in Talmud Avodah Zara 64b.
Example: Deuteronomy 14:21: \u00abDo not eat the flesh of dead animals (nevel\u00e1<\/em> \u2013 \u05e0\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4), to the stranger (Guer<\/em> \u2013 (\u05dc\u05b7\u05d2\u05b5\u05bc\u05e8) you must give it to him at your gates.\u00bb If it were a convert (to whom all the laws of Judaism apply, just like a Jew born of a Jewish womb), why would he be able to eat something that is forbidden to a Jew? Then, clearly, he is talking about a Ger Toshav<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gentile<\/strong>
Guer<\/em> No<\/strong> It generally means gentle (as opposed to Ger Toshav<\/em>).
The Gentile in the Torah is known as Nochri (\u05e0\u05b8\u05bc\u05db\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9), as in Deuteronomy 23:21: \u00abYou shall charge interest to the Gentile, but not to your brother.\u00bb Clearly distinguishing the Gentile from the Jew, your brother.
Or in Deuteronomy 17:15: \u00abYou may not set a foreigner over you,\u00bb which refers to a Gentile as king of the Jewish people. In this last verse, the difference between \u00abYou must set a king\u2026\u201d is also clear. from among your brothers<\/strong> You cannot place above yourself a strange man<\/strong>\u00ab
It is interesting to note that the same word is used in other contexts, even indicating a Jew, as in Shmot 21:8: "To a foreign people," where it means that the father cannot sell his daughter a second time.
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\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un Guer?<\/a><\/blockquote>