Editing Mihu Yehudi (section)

== The Rebbe's Warning About Non-Jewish Registration and Spiritual Protection ==
The Rebbe warned that no one is immune to the infiltration of non-Jews who would register as Jews, and cried out in pain about a "Rosh Yeshiva" who saw no need to participate in the fight against this gezeirah - that he should know that in his own yeshiva there was a non-Jewish bachur, and he might be discussing divrei Torah with him and eventually help him get married, without knowing he is not Jewish. The Rebbe related that such incidents occurred in several yeshivos.

In 1971, the "Vienna Conversions" issue erupted - many Russian emigrants, including potential olim to Eretz Yisrael, had gathered in Vienna. The Sochnut representatives enticed them to accept fictitious conversion certificates, when the person in charge of the conversion system was not authorized for this, and no proper giyur was conducted as required by halacha. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel published a letter against these conversions, and dozens of rabbanim signed a protest against them. The Rebbe fought against this matter. The battle bore fruit and the location was closed. Similar places that served as "factories" for fictitious conversions were also closed following these battles.

The Rebbe explained that the proliferation of non-Jews from various nations settling among Bnei Yisrael under the protection of the law could lead to security dangers.

The Rebbe also addressed the spiritual dangers coming from Shamayim due to not fixing the law:

On Lag B'Omer 1970, during a speech at the parade and continuing at the farbrengen, the Rebbe spoke about how this law causes severe danger to the security of Jews in Eretz HaKodesh and to bloodshed. The Rebbe determined that Soviet intervention in Israel's security matters came as a result of mixing non-Jews with Am Yisrael, and spoke about the frightening terror attack that occurred then in Avivim, where 12 Jews, mostly children, were murdered, saying it was a result from Shamayim because of the law. These words caused a great public storm in Eretz Yisrael, and Prime Minister Golda Meir protested during a Knesset session. The Rebbe addressed this at the farbrengen of Shabbos Parshas Beha'aloscha, saying: "Just as we are now in Shabbos Parshas Beha'aloscha, at a time of raava d'kol raavin - so I see without doubt that the reason for intervention from Egypt or Russia is because Jews themselves 'invited' them, by allowing non-Jews to enter Eretz Yisrael; they are inviting the terrorist to enter Eretz Yisrael!"

Even after the Ma'alot terror attack, where 28 Jews including 22 children were murdered, the Rebbe connected this to the breach in the "Who is a Jew" law. The Rebbe explained that this doesn't mean that those who don't fix the law caused such a punishment, chas v'shalom, but rather that there is spiritual protection over Am Yisrael, and when there is a breach in guarding the boundaries of Am Yisrael, this automatically causes a breach in security protection, thus becoming exposed to danger from terrorists - just as one who doesn't wear a helmet is at risk, not because of the lack of a helmet, but because he has no protection and remains exposed to danger.