Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #207 of 613
To love a convert
לאהוב את הגר
The verse · Devarim 10:19
וַאֲהַבְתֶּם אֶת־הַגֵּר כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם
“Love therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Miżrayim.”
The Rambam’s words
To love a convert, as [Deuteronomy 10:19] states: "And you shall love a convert."
לאהוב את הגר, שנאמר: "ואהבתם את הגר" (דברים י, יט).
Why · Sefer HaChinuch #431
Loving the strangers (converts)
“It is from the roots of the commandment that G-d chose Israel to be a holy nation and wanted to give them merit.”
Who & when
“And this commandment is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”
Where in the Mishneh Torah
Hilchot Human Dispositions הלכות דעות