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Rav Moshe Sternbuch's position on the belief in HaShem for Gentiles
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Is it permitted for a Ben-Noach be an atheist?
I read that, according to Rav Moshe Sternbuch, as he writes in Teshuvos Vehanhagos 3: 264 and ...
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What is in greater violation of the prohibition of blasphemy: Atheism vs Avoda Zara? [duplicate]
In the eyes of halacha, who is in greater violation of the prohibition of blasphemy, an idolator or an atheist?
Whichever is worse, is that the case by both Jew and Non-Jew?
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Which Divrei Minus are forbidden to read/hear today?
The Talmud in (Avodah Zara 16b–17a) brings that Rabbi Eliezer was upset that he had been accused by the Romans. His student, Rabbi Akiva suggested that perhaps he had heard a teaching of the minim and ...
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How is this belief muttar?
A friend of mine mentioned yesterday during our se'udah with the way in which the Zohar comments on a particular mitzvah lo ta'ase. In Devarim 16, Hashem commands us not to erect an asherah by the ...
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Is it mutar to receive ordination from the Universal Life Church?
According to Wikipedia, the Universal Life Church
is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate
ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. The organization states
that anyone ...
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tevilat keilim - ger toshav and meshumad
Do keilim (eating utensils) bought from an artisan who is a ger toshav (observant non-Jew) require tevilah (ritual immersion)? Conversely, what if the artisan is a meshumad (Jewish idolator/heretic)?
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Reading books about Avodah Zarah
Is it permissible to read books about Avodah Zarah?
Is it permissible to read Greek mythology for informational purposes, seeing as it's not particularly tempting to anyone nowadays?
Is it ...
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Would it be permissible to believe that Jesus is the messiah if that belief otherwise entails no rejection of halakha or Jewish tradition?
"Messianic Judaism" is generally speaking Christianity repackaged in a Jewish veneer, so they have the same beliefs on the Torah and the divinity of Jesus/Trinity as mainstream Christianity. But ...
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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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