Dealing with Suspected Erev Rav and Ahavas Yisrael
Bilvavi | August 04, 2023
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Dealing with Suspected Erev Rav and Ahavas Yisrael

Bilvavi | December 31, 2025

QUESTION
What should you do if you suspect that another person might be from the Erev Rav? Should you daven for him that he should do teshuvah? Or should you not be concerned about him at all?

ANSWER
The Erev Rav mixes with everything in Creation, including the souls of the Jewish people, and therefore there are traces of Erev Rav in every Jewish soul. You need to daven for the “Jewish” part of a Jew’s soul.

QUESTION
How can you love every Jew with ahavas Yisrael, maybe he’s from the Erev Rav?

ANSWER
Ahavas Yisrael is to love the “Jewish” part of a Jew’s soul, and there is also a concept of loving even the non-Jewish part of the Jew’s soul - just not the “Erev Rav” part of the Jew’s soul.

QUESTION
What should you do if you suspect that another person might be from the Erev Rav? Should you daven for him that he should do teshuvah? Or should you not be concerned about him at all?

ANSWER
The Erev Rav mixes with everything in Creation, including the souls of the Jewish people, and therefore there are traces of Erev Rav in every Jewish soul. You need to daven for the “Jewish” part of a Jew’s soul.

QUESTION
How can you love every Jew with ahavas Yisrael, maybe he’s from the Erev Rav?

ANSWER
Ahavas Yisrael is to love the “Jewish” part of a Jew’s soul, and there is also a concept of loving even the non-Jewish part of the Jew’s soul - just not the “Erev Rav” part of the Jew’s soul.

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