Questions tagged [gentiles]
Relations with non-Jews, and laws regarding them.
933
questions
0
votes
0answers
19 views
Are gentiles included in the mitzvah of having children? And would a gentile who fathered children need to have Jewish children after conversion? [duplicate]
In the literature of the 7 mitzvot bnai noach, is procreation a subcategory of one, perhaps arayot?
4
votes
0answers
143 views
What are some religious items that a gentile can make and still be kosher, if any at all?
I'm a gentile. I'm talking about items related to the fulfillment of mitzvot and there are some that are not so obvious to me, they are:
tefillin(just the boxes and straps)
tallitot
shofarot
sukkot
...
3
votes
2answers
152 views
How should a Jewish person respond to antisemitism?
It is a sad reality that Jewish people are often faced with discrimination, be it in the workplace, on the street, or online. I myself have experienced antisemitism from time to time. Hatred against ...
1
vote
0answers
113 views
Is killing a Gentile not murder? [duplicate]
Israel Shahak claims in his Jewish History, Jewish Religion (1994, p.91) that "according to the Jewish religion, ... a Jew who murders a Gentile is guilty only of a sin against the laws of Heaven,...
3
votes
0answers
57 views
The halachic framework of abortion for the Gentiles
I am an Italian Noahide.
The Noahide ban on murder also includes the killing of a fetus ( see Rambam's Mishneh Torah-Hilchot Melachim 9:4 ).
I have read that according to a Talmudic tradition, I do ...
4
votes
1answer
128 views
Modesty for a Goya
My Noahide female friend has taken on modest attire, so as not to be a stumbling block.
There are still pictures of her on friends' social media, in many of these she is dressed immodestly.
My ...
2
votes
1answer
104 views
Non-Jew Allowed in the Sukkah
I heard in a class that there is either an prohibition or at least an inyan not to have a non-Jew in the sukkah.
What is the source for this?
0
votes
1answer
104 views
What's Tosafos' doubt regarding non-Jews and life saving abortions?
Tosafos on Sanhedrin 59a has the following discussion:
ועל העוברים דעובד כוכבים חייב וישראל פטור אע"ג דפטור מ"מ לא שרי מיהו קשה דאמרינן בפרק בן סורר ומורה (לקמן סנהדרין דף עב:) יצא ראשו אין ...
3
votes
3answers
392 views
Is a child born to a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother, considered a non-Jew in the same regard as a child born to two non-Jewish parents?
I thought to myself it must be, in general, considered differently in Judaism, but I haven't found written sources for that yet. Is the first considered differently in the Torah than the second?
1
vote
1answer
128 views
What is the punishment for a Jewish non-married woman who has relations with a non-Jewish man?
I have heard that the punishment is that she will forever be Zonah but I have no sources
2
votes
1answer
89 views
Does [Ma'achalot Assurot 17:22] establish any type of cooking Oil is kosher?
We read in Ma'achalot Assurot 17:22 that :
The oil of gentiles is permitted. One who forbids it commits a great sin, for he rebels against [the teachings] of the [High] Court who permitted it. Even if ...
2
votes
1answer
81 views
Does a beis din have reshus to punish a nochri?
According to Shulchan Aruch EH P22S2
ושמאי והלל גזרו על ייחוד כותית נמצא כל המתייחד עם אשה שאסור להתייחד עמה בין ישראלית בין כותית מכין את שניהם מכת מרדות
This seems to suggest that the beis din ...
9
votes
1answer
809 views
Source for at least considering non-Jewish interpretations?
I remember reading that there was a letter (Geonic, I believe) advising his correspondent to look at the interpretation of a local Christian clergyman of a pasuk; that his was better than the one that ...
2
votes
3answers
160 views
Is everyone capable of prophecy?
I have spoken to people who bring the idea that Bilaam was a prophet and therefore non-Jews can be prophets. But that was specific to the context and hence is no proof. G-d wanted to give the non-Jews ...
3
votes
2answers
164 views
Rav Moshe Sternbuch's position on the belief in HaShem for Gentiles
Among the answers to the following question in this forum:
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 ...
4
votes
0answers
89 views
Do the current nations also have their own angels like the 70 from in the Torah?
Do the current nations (in 2021) also each have their own angel, like the 70 nations mentioned in the Torah?
1
vote
1answer
148 views
Rambam Hilchot Melachim 10:9 Translation
I would like to share with you two different English translations of the same passage(s) from the above Halacha:
עַכּוּ''ם שֶׁעָסַק בַּתּוֹרָה חַיָּב מִיתָה. (...) וְאִם עָסַק בַּתּוֹרָה אוֹ שָׁבַת ...
1
vote
1answer
102 views
What is Ramban's reasoning regarding charging interest to a non-Jew?
Sefer Hachinuch here writes that Ramban holds that when the Torah says you should charge interest to a non-Jew, it means that you can, not that you must. However, we already know that we can charge a ...
4
votes
3answers
268 views
A question regarding Moses
Question from a gentile:
I wish to ask, do Jews believe that Moses never called non-Jews to the worship of one God?
If Jews do believe that he did call non-Jews to one God, how did they come to the ...
1
vote
2answers
159 views
Did the Jews share some of the oral Torah's teachings and stories with the gentiles before the the 7th century?
I have found out that some Christians before the 7th century knew and borrowed concepts that are not found in the Tanakh but are found in the midrash, e.g., the story of Abraham and Nimrod, the story ...
3
votes
3answers
239 views
What is the reasoning for not entering churches and other non-Jewish places of worship?
There are multiple questions about entering churches here, most of which are marked as duplicates and pointed to this one. What none of them address, however, is why in the halacha it is forbidden to ...
0
votes
0answers
50 views
Why does a gayr make the blessing "who has not made me a goy"? [duplicate]
If a gayr was originally a goy, the way Hashem literally made him, when he was born, then how is he able to say in the morning blessings every day, "blessed are you, Hashem, our power, king of ...
4
votes
1answer
141 views
Is it permissible for a convert to care for a sick parental figure at home? [closed]
Suppose someone wishing to convert to Judaism was caring in her home for a chronically-ill adoptive parent who practiced another religion. Would this be an impediment to the conversion process? Would ...
3
votes
1answer
139 views
The daughter of a Bas Levi and a Gentile?
If a Bas Levi has a son with a gentile, the son does not need a pidyon haben.
In the case of a daughter born between a Bas Levi and a gentile, is the daughter of that union a Bas Levi or an Yisrael? ...
3
votes
2answers
113 views
Mourning for a Noahide Father
This question is different than others I've read regarding mourning a Non-Jewish parent. I'm specifically interested in the case of a Noahide father and a Jewish mother who have divorced. What I ...
5
votes
0answers
59 views
Re-using non-Jewish tombstones
Previously I had a question about desecrating Jewish gravestones, but now I would have one in the opposite direction. In Christian cemeteries it's fairly common to dismantle graves after a few decades ...
2
votes
0answers
88 views
Did any of the gentile prophets receive a divine message to be directed to the Jews?
Was Bilaam a prophet to both the Jews and the gentiles ?
According to the site member "Baby Seal":
Bilaam's prophecy (Num 23, 24), contained much pertaining to Israel, and may have been his ...
2
votes
1answer
867 views
If God removed prophecy from the gentiles because of Bilaam's wickedness, how come that Obadiah who was a gentile was a prophet?
According to Midrash, because of Bilaam's wickedness, as emblematic of the wickedness of gentile prophets, God removed prophecy from the gentiles (Midrash Tanchuma, Balak, siman 1).
From the Talmud, ...
5
votes
1answer
106 views
Sources used by Maimonides in Mishneh Torah-Avodat Kochavim 1:1
In Mishneh Torah-Avodat Kochavim 1:1 Rambam states:
"During the times of Enosh, mankind made a great mistake, and the wise men of that generation gave thoughtless counsel. Enosh himself was one ...
2
votes
0answers
61 views
Gentile Writing Devar Torah [closed]
I am a gentile and I wish to write a commentary on Bereshis 1 that digs somewhat deeply into the Torah. May I do this?
-2
votes
2answers
193 views
If there is no longer any Avodah Zarah, why do we need to follow the relevant halachah?
If it is accepted that Avodah Zarah has effectively ceased to exist, as suggested elsewhere on this site, why do we need to follow any of the relevant halachah, that applies to social relationships ...
0
votes
0answers
65 views
Wording of refaenu for sick person who is not Jewish
The refaenu bracha in the amida has wording to use for praying for someone who is sick. That wording ends "among the other ailing of Israel". Is it appropriate to use that wording for a ...
2
votes
0answers
63 views
Midrash on commandments for non-Jews
Note: I had recalled seeing this or a similar question somewhere on the site but couldn't find it.
There's a midrash that appears in two versions (that I know of), one in Midrash Tehillim 21:1:
"...
1
vote
1answer
403 views
Who is a Gentile prophet?
The Talmud tells us that there were 7 Gentile prophets:
Seven prophets prophesied to the nations of the world, and they are: Balaam and his father Beor, and Job, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the ...
1
vote
0answers
81 views
Can noahide do netilat yadayim?
I wanted to ask about the halacha of noahide based on tradition of orthodox, that according to some sources, a noahide was refrain from some blessing which required "asher kidshanu" which ...
0
votes
2answers
130 views
Why was the Shabbat goy ever permitted?
The Code of Jewish Law specifically allows using a Shabbat goy when it comes to heating a house in extremely cold weather, because it may be a matter of life or death, in which case most commandments ...
1
vote
0answers
149 views
Is Brahmoism Avodah Zarah?
Sometime during the eighteenth century, Rammohun Roy, an educated revenue officer from West Bengal who was influenced by Christianity of the East India Company, founded the "anusthanic" ...
1
vote
0answers
98 views
Can we wish a non jew, "Happy Holidays"
According to the Jewish law are we allowed to wish a non-Jewish neighbor Happy Holidays?
1
vote
1answer
443 views
Are father daughter relationships forbidden under 7 laws of Noach?
Under the sub laws of Noach
http://noahide.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/The-Noahide-Dinim-sub-Laws.html
8 "Against [a man] lying carnally with his father."
Negative Mitzvah 351
Leviticus ...
5
votes
4answers
450 views
Is it possible to be a Noahide and a Christian at the same time?
Rambam states that for gentiles who wish to have a place in the world to come, they don't need to convert to Judaism. All they need to do is keep the 7 laws of Noah because they were mandated by ...
6
votes
1answer
205 views
How does a gentile annul a vow?
How does a gentile annul a vow? Also, do gentiles have equal laws of oaths to Jews? Thank you
2
votes
2answers
173 views
What is the Teshuvah for a gentile marrying a Jew
Firstly, is it a sin for a gentile to marry a Jew?
Second, if so, what Noahide law does it break?
Lastly, what is the Teshuvah for that?
3
votes
1answer
420 views
Father is sick but he's not Jewish
My mother is Jewish and I was raised Jewish. My dad converted in the reform tradition and I know what that means. Recently he's become ill, I am scared of what that means. I am incredibly close with ...
0
votes
0answers
112 views
What is the punishment for a Jewish woman who sleeps with a gentile (Non Jewish man)? Is the man and woman both punished?
To my understanding the woman may receive lashes but what is the offense for the man? Sources please.
And are they punished?
Yes I am talking about an unmarried woman
3
votes
3answers
182 views
Circumcision of Yishmael's descendants
In Bereishit 17:13 we are commanded to circumcise all children born in our households and all servants bought for money, consequently Abraham performed it on Yishmael too. This is one reason why ...
1
vote
1answer
184 views
Which nations were the Cherethites and Pelethites?
Which nations were the Cherethites and Pelethites?
Divrei Hayamim I - I Chronicles - Chapter 18:17 And Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of
David ...
0
votes
0answers
78 views
Non-Jews pronouncing shemot kodashim defined by chumra?
I recently made a brachah on a mandarin. An acquaintance, who's not Jewish, responded enthusiastically to hearing the name of G-d that begins with "Ad...", and proceeded to wax poetic on it, ...
5
votes
2answers
264 views
Sources for using the father's name when praying for a non-Jew
Related to this answer.
Earlier today I was sent a video that showed the Chief Rabbis of Israel at the Kotel making a Mi Sheberach for the refuah of President Trump, where they called him דונלד ג'ון ...
5
votes
2answers
305 views
Should I donate money to non-jewish organizations that I've benefited from, or is it better to give that money to Jewish institutions?
I was thinking that on the one hand there may be an ענין to give to a non-Jewish organization that you've benefitted from (e.g. Wikipedia) as a way to train yourself in the middah of הכרת הטוב (...
5
votes
1answer
207 views
Did the Tiferet Yisrael say that Jenner, Drake and Gutenberg believed in the Torah?
In Tiferet Yisrael (Boaz) to Avot 3, number 1, it says:
ואנחנו רואים כמה מחסידיהן שמלבד שמכירין יוצר בראשית, ומאמינין בתה"ק שהיא אלהית, ועושין ג"ח גם לישראל, וכמה מהן שהיטיבו ביותר לכל באי ...
