The Secret of the Erev Rav (Part 3) In the past two issues of The Shoemaker Report, we examined the origins and characteristics of the souls of the converts who accompanied the Jewish People when they left Egypt in the days of Moshe Rabbeinu. This group, known collectively as the Erev Rav ('mixed multitude'), is…
The Secret of the Erev Rav (Part 2) In last week's article, The Erev Rav Also Went Up With Them, we learned a number of important points related to the Erev Rav and their relationship to B'nei Yisrael. First, the worship of the golden calf was instigated by a group of converts from Egypt known…
The Secret of the Erev Rav (Part 1) R' Yirmeyah ben Elazar taught (Eruvin 18b): 讻指旨诇 讗讜止转指谉 讛址砖指旨讈谞执讬诐 砖侄讈讛指讬指讛 讗指讚指诐 讛指专执讗砖讈讜止谉 讘职旨谞执讬讚旨讜旨讬 讛讜止诇执讬讚 专讜旨讞执讬谉 讜职砖值讈讬讚执讬谉 讜职诇执讬诇执讬谉 砖侄讈谞侄旨讗直诪址专 状讜址讬职讞执讬 讗指讚指诐 砖职讈诇止砖执讈讬诐 讜旨诪职讗址转 砖指讈谞指讛 讜址讬旨讜止诇侄讚 讘执旨讚职诪讜旨转讜止 讻职旨爪址诇职诪讜止状 诪执讻职旨诇指诇 讚职旨注址讚 讛指讗执讬讚指旨谞指讗 诇指讗讜 讻职旨爪址诇职诪讜止 讗讜止诇值讬讚 (All the years that Adam ha-Rishon was in [self-imposed] isolation [from Chavah], he fathered…