Ohr HaChaim (Devarim 21:11) And you see amongst the captives a beautiful woman. This seems to imply that this is talking only about a physically attractive woman but the Sifrei says even an ugly woman that you desire. So why does the verse specifically say beautiful when it could have said a women that you desire? To explain this verse we also need to ask why G-d is giving instruction that a Jew should defile himself with an idol worshipping woman? This is especially questionable since this is during war when G-d is doing miracles for us and therefore we should be acting in an even more pious manner. Why is He permitting us to do something disgusting and hated which distances us from G-d? Permitting unkosher food is understandable while our Saqges say that this is said only against the evil inclination. They don’t say that one should fight against lust and impure thoughts .This can be understood by the mystery that when Adam sinned that many precious souls were captured by the forces of Evil and these are the souls of converts. We see that many great people come from people born as non Jews such as Ruth, such as Shamaya and Avtalyon and Onkelos
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