EXOD873 It is a positive commandment to bear affection for a ger (stranger, convert, proselyte) as Scripture says, You shall therefore love the ger (stranger)" (D'varim 10:19). This is a religious duty in addition to the precept, you shall love your fellow as yourself (Va-yirkra 19:18) (since, plainly, a ger is also included in general Jewry). The Holy One, blessed be He, loves the ger, since it is written, He loves the stranger, in giving him food and clothing (D'varim 10:18); and it says, and you know the heart of a stranger [this verse]. The meaning of ger here is one who has come from another land or another city to live with us (Sefer haHinnuch, §431 (the precept of love for converts) seems to present this not as an actual mitzvah, but rather as a good mode of behavior which is learned from the mitzvah [Ed.]), and all the more certainly a proselyte who has converted to Judaism.