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13 questions linked to/from Will A Non Jew who did not keep the Noachide Laws be Held Accountable?
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What happens to a non-Jew in the afterlife? [duplicate]
Suppose you were born on an island where you have never met a jew in your entire life, where you have never seen a synagogue before, never seen a rabbi before.
What happens to your soul, if you are ...
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7 laws of Noach - Tinnok Shenishbah [duplicate]
I know in Judaism, we have a concept of "Tinok Shenishba" - does this not apply to a gentile? How will a ben noach at the end of time be punished for not keeping the 7 mitzvah bnei Noach if they are ...
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Does a Goy raised among non-sheva-mitzvos-observant Goyim have the status of a "Tinok shenishba? [duplicate]
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Does a non-Jew who was raised by other non-Jews who do not keep the sheva mitzvos of Bnei Noach, the 7 Noahide commandments, have the status of a "tinok shenishba" as far ...
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Is it permitted for a Ben-Noach be an atheist?
Avoda zarah is one of the things prohibited by the Seven Noachide Laws. But what about atheism? I know that the 7 Laws are often taken to include a larger number of halachot from the Torah, so would ...
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What is a ger toshav?
I read in the Book of Isaiah (Is. 56:1-8), about the foreigner joining Hashem. I asked my Rabbi briefly about this passage. He explained that the passage is probably neither about a gerut conversion ...
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What did Rambam say about non-Jews putting on tefilin?
My mother says she's Jewish and I am also, but I'm still worried that maybe I am not and she is not and her mother is not and just they don't know but believe to be.
Is there anywhere that the Rambam ...
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Do non-Jewish children taken captive lose the obligation to be Bnei Noach?
Inspired by this interesting question, I wonder if the principle of תינוק שנשבה (a child taken captive) can be applied to non-Jews who grew up in cultures antithetical to those that the mitzvot bnei ...
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What is the fate of non-Jews in the afterlife? [duplicate]
From what I've read before, according to Jewish belief, if a non-Jew follows the Noahide Laws, he/she will not suffer in the afterlife. Are there any verses in the Torah/Tanakh to support this?
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Distinction between Bnei Noach and Goyim
Can someone please explain to me the distinction between Bnei Noach and goyim especially with regard to their halachic obligations or lack thereof.
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the Laws of Noah--how are the nations to know them
If the laws of Noah are the laws for the nations and they are handed down by Jewish oral tradition, how are the nations to know them?
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Can Catholics be considered pious/G-d-fearing in the context that they believe their church to be their version of Rabbinical authority? [closed]
This question relates to people who are good in nature but mislead in practice and the situation they are raised within.
Obviously, Judaism has issues with Catholicism in the sense it contradicts ...
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How come that the natural state of a newborn kid is non-theistic?
IIRC, when a person is conceived, a soul is brought before God whom it knows or recognizes well, who decides on its traits and puts it into a fetus, which studies the Torah with an angel for a couple ...
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For the Noahide laws, what should Noahides, who are unaware of the biblical God, do? [duplicate]
Being a Noahide Gentile seems to be harder than it looks. Noahides must follow the seven commandments. I wonder what happens to those innocent peoples who practice polytheistic, traditional folk ...
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