ger toshav

גר תושב

Lit. ” proselyte settler” i.e., a Gentile who renounces idolatry to become a settler in Palestine.

ger: “foreigner” or “alien” + toshav: “resident”,”resident alien” is a halakhic term used in Judaism to designate the legal status of a Gentile (non-Jew) living in the Land of Israel who does not want to convert to Judaism but agrees to observe the Seven Laws of Noah

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