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I once heard an easy way to remember the שבע מצוות בני נח: א = אבר מו החי ב = ברכת השם ג = גזל ד = דינים ה = הרג ו = גילוי עריות ז = עבודה זרה

I am not sure if I am remembering ג ו & ז right - I don't know if ג is גזל or גילוי עריות.

I would love it if somebody could either fill in mine or have a different way of easily remembering the שבע מצוות בני נח!

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    I’ve seen people usually just say aleph, bet, gimel, dalet, and the big 3. So the letters stand for what you put, and the big 3 are simply the 3 sins that a Jew must die for rather than commit them (murder, adultery, and idolatry), also known as יהרג ואל יעבור Commented Feb 6 at 3:25
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    I've heard it mostly like you said, though ending with ועבודה זרה and זנות.
    – Meir
    Commented Feb 6 at 15:52

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I finally remembered the accronym:

  • אבר מן החי = א
  • ברכת השם = ב
  • גזל = ג
  • דינים = ד
  • הרג = ה
  • ועבודה זרה = ו
  • זנות = ז
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    How bout ו for voodoo.
    – Shlomy
    Commented Oct 31 at 2:39
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If you want an English-language acronym for the Seven Laws of Noah, CHABLIS works:

  • Courts of Justice
  • Homicide
  • Adultery (or sexual immorality in general)
  • Blasphemy
  • Limb from a living animal
  • Idolatry
  • Stealing
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  • Or CABLISH or BICLASH etc. Is CHABLIS a particularly meaningful combination?
    – Double AA
    Commented Feb 16 at 18:45
  • @DoubleAA don't think so Commented Feb 20 at 0:29
  • @Daniel ben Noach Thanks! Commented Feb 20 at 0:30
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    @DoubleAA: Except for being a valid dictionary word, not really. I just did a brute-force search to find a word that fit. An alternative permutation I found was "Blasphemy, Idolatry, Theft, Courts of justice, Homicide, Eating a limb from a living animal, and Sexual Immorality", but I decided to go with the less-rude acronym. Commented Feb 20 at 1:08
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For those who like geometric patterns, one can recall that the 10 commandments can be split on those between a person and G-d (1-5) and those between a person and a person (6-10):

  1. Know that there is Hashem
  2. Not to have other gods and not to make graven images
  3. Not to take the G-d's name in vain (i.e. not to swear falsely)
  4. Shabbos
  5. Honoring Parents
  6. Not to murder
  7. Not to commit adultery
  8. Not to steal
  9. Not to bear a false witness
  10. Not to covet.

The bold letters indicate that some of the 10 commandments either match or similar to the Noachide laws so that we make easy replacements:

  • Last of the first group: Not to take the G-d's name in vain (i.e. not to swear falsely) with Not to curse God for (3)
  • Last of the second group: Not to bear a false witness with Establishing courts of Justice (9).

The only remaining one Not to eat flesh torn from a living animal - is the only one explicitly mentioned in the Parshas Noach, Bereshis 9:4. It is usually well-known as Noach was permitted to eat the animals.

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  • I’ve always thought birkas Hashem to be more similar to Lo Sisa
    – Yø-c Ro
    Commented Oct 31 at 5:56
  • @Yø-cRo good point. Changing.
    – Y DJ
    Commented Oct 31 at 13:38

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