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For the past two thousand years, Christians and Muslims and every other religious group that has had the opportunity have been proselytizing to the Jews, telling them what their religious duty should be. The Jews, by contrast, have never actively sought converts to their own religion. Perhaps this is why few people realize that Judaism, too, has something to say about what should be the religious duty of the non‑Jewish peoples of the world. |
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The code of Divine Law that we now know as the Seven Commandments of
the Children of Noah has been with mankind since the creation of the
first man, Adam. A brief history of Adam, Noah, The Patriarchs, Joseph, Moses, Times of the Holy Temple, the Final Diaspora and the Final Redemption
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The First Existence, God of the Universe, God's Oneness and negation of attributing physicality to Him.
• The obligation to love and fear God • God's creation of the universe through His speaking; the continued existence of the universe through God's life force
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God's kindness to man • Advantages of repentance and how to achieve complete repentance • The concept of free will • Divine Providence and the individual; the fortune of the individual being dependent on his deeds; the methods of achieving repentance • Payment in the World to Come
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Applicability of the Seven Laws, permission to observe other laws of the Torah, permission and prohibition to learn Torah; proper intention concerning performance of Seven Laws; honoring parents; charity; interbreeding animals; grafting plants; circumcision; creating religions or new religious ritual observance; having children; burial
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Definition of idolatry
• Serving an idol; making an idol
• Convincing others to serve an idol; false prophets
• The idolatrous pillar; benefiting or profiting from idols
• Things remaining permissible despite an involvement with idolatry; idolatrous trees; nullification of idols
• Ghosts and spirits; witchcraft; divination; astrology; charmers; necromancers
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Definition of blasphemy • Transgressing the prohibition of blasphemy; piety
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Definition of murder; abortion; self-defense; suicide; manslaughter; masturbation
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Forbidden relationships; what is permissible and forbidden in relationships; consummation of marriage; divorce; seduction; homosexuality; lesbianism; prostitution; bestiality; castration
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Definition of theft; criteria for theft; kidnap; land conquest; rape; seduction; usury; overpricing; permissible profit margins; returning stolen objects; punishment; physical abuse; coveting another's possessions; usurping land; withholding wages
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Definition and explanation; drinking blood; criteria concerning what is an animal and what constitutes a limb; spiritual elevation through proper eating
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Roots of the judicial system; jurisdiction of the courts; criteria for judicial decisions; standards within the court system; standards and goals for judges
• Laws concerning witnesses
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Although the Children of Noah are not commanded to honor father and mother, they have accepted the obligation of performing this meritorious act from the beginning of time and have distinguished themselves by honoring their parents
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It is a positive commandment to give charity, as it says, "The life of your brother is with you" (Lev. 25:36). Anyone
who sees a poor person requesting funds and purposely ignores this
person and does not give him charity has transgressed, as it says, "You
should not harden your heart, nor should you close your hand from your
poor brother" (Deut. 15:7).
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Animal sacrifices as offerings to God are seen by modern man as a cruel
and primitive practice, and yet the most lofty souls who ever lived,
Adam and Noah, and Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Moses and Aaron, and
David and Solomon and Samuel, as well as countless thousands of other
exalted spiritual beings offered animal sacrifices to the God of
Israel. The truth is far from the vain imaginings of modern man, for
the ancients of Israel saw high into the heavenly spiritual realms in a
way that we can only regard with wonder and awe.
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A free translation from the responsa of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, of blessed memory, concerning the matter of prayer and the Noahide
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