This article is quite long but very detailed. I copied and pasted one part which speaks on converts.
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The covenants with Abraham are unconditional and eternal. But they are limited only to the offspring of Abraham. The covenant at Sinai, on the other hand, included many people that had joined the Jewish people in their exodus from Egypt. Indeed, even those who were biological descendants were required to enter into this covenant—so that all Jews at that point were effectively converts.

From this we know that it is possible to become an heir to Abraham even if you are not a biological descendant. Indeed, a convert is called “a child of Abraham” for ritual purposes, including marriage. You need only to enter into the same covenant as the Jewish people did at Sinai, in the same way as they did. These, indeed, are the requirements of Jewish law.21

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About to call it a day however I came across something I wanted to share. I am reading to catch up for the Likutei Moharan class and in the commentary (annotated by Chaim Kramer) on section 1 in the paragraph that states, "a soul is rectified through someone's death," it say this,
Rabbi Nachman told this story in Uman in 1810. The Baal Shem Tov once arrived in a certain town where he fell into a very deep melancholy and despair. Though alarmed by his despondent state, the townspeople did not dare ask him about it. After a day and a half the Baal Shem Tov requested that all visitors to the town be brought to him. Two individuals were found and quickly taken to where the Baal Shem Tov was staying. The townspeople later heard him arguing with these two visitor. Rebbe Nachman then said that although he did not remember all the details of the story, the essence of the matter was that there were souls that had be trapped in this town for three hundred years without being able to ascend. All these years they had looked for a person of stature, capable of effecting their tikkun but had not found anyone who could undertake the task. When the Baal Shem Tov arrived in the town, these souls came to him seeking rectification. This was the reason for his depression, since it was indeed a very weighty task. It seemed that the only way the Baal Shem Tov could accomplish this mission was if he were to die. But this was not the right time for that, and so he involved the two visitors in order to bring about the rectification of all those many souls. (tzaddik #87)

Wouldn't it have been cool to have been a fly on the wall and found out how this story ended.

All this make so much sense of the writings of Yeshua's life and death. The agony of torture and death itself to rectify souls that were trapped. It is said that many souls walked the earth at Yeshua's resurrection. I just bet they ascended he did also. I just think it is so cool that Rabbi Nachman can explain what Yeshua was doing better than years spent in the church. There is one other commentary that I thought was a good explanation of what Yeshua was doing and why he said what he said at the time of his death but I will save that for tomorrow.

Matt. 27:51-54
Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, ‘Truly this was the Son of God’!

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Psalms 32:7-8
You are my refuge; You guard me from the enemy terror. You surround me with the joys of deliverance. Selah. You have said: I will teach you wisdom and light up the path you should travel. With gestures of my eye will I give you counsel.

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Today in Jewish History

Kislev 19

Passing of Maggid (1772)
Rabbi DovBer, known as "The Maggid of Mezeritch", was the disciple of, and successor to, the founder of Chassidism, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. Rabbi DovBer led the Chassidic movement from 1761 until his passing on Kislev 19, 1772.

Liberation of R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1798)
On the 19th of Kislev of the year 5559 from creation (1798), Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi -- a leading disciple of Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch (see previous entry) and the founder of Chabad Chassidism -- was released from his imprisonment in the Peter-Paul fortress in Petersburg, where he was held for 53 days on charges that his teachings threatened the imperial authority of the Czar. More than a personal liberation, this was a watershed event in the history of Chassidism heralding a new era in the revelation of the "inner soul" of Torah, and is celebrated to this day as "The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism."

Rebbetzin Menuchah Rachel born (1798)
On the very day that Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi was liberated from prison (see above), a granddaughter was born to him -- the daughter of his son Rabbi Dovber and his wife Rebbetzin Sheina. The girl was named Menuchah Rachel -- "Menuchah", meaning "tranquility" (Rachel was the name of a daughter of Rabbi Schneur Zalman who died in her youth).

In 1845, Rebbetzin Menuchah Rachel realized her lifelong desire to live in the Holy Land when she and her husband, Rabbi Yaakov Culi Slonim (d. 1857), led a contingent of Chassidim who settled in Hebron. Famed for her wisdom, piety, and erudition, she served as the matriarch of the Chassidic community in Hebron until her passing in her 90th year in 1888.

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