Questions tagged [noachide-laws]
The 7 Noahide laws that were commanded to non-Jews: murder, adultery, worshipping idols, cursing God, stealing, establishing courts of justice, eating flesh from a live animal.
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Gentiles marriage
Gentile couples are under what rules or laws regarding marital rights and duties compared to the onah laws of Judaism such as sexual attendance, food, clothing and whether it is a man's duty to ...
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Gentile Participation in Non-Jewish Wedding Ceremony
Concerning wedding ceremonies that may include idolatrous elements in which a gentile might be asked to participate due to family custom, Rabbi Moishe Wiener writes (in "The Divine Code"):
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Which laws were for just Israelites and which laws for Israelites and non proselyte foreigners
I have few specific verses and doubts related to them:
Leviticus 20:1-6 explicitly mentions that the particular law was to be followed by an Israelite and equally by a non proselyte Gentile.
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Which Mosaic laws did Nehan foreigners (immigrants that were not proselytes) had to follow while staying in Israel (long or short term)
I would like to know what Mosaic laws were non-proselyte residents in ancient Israel expected to keep?
I'll break that question for more clarity:
Did the non-proselyte have to follow at least Noahide ...
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Does Genesis 9:6 condemn abortion as murder? [duplicate]
Genesis 9:6 reads (JPS, 1985, emphasis mine):
שֹׁפֵךְ֙ דַּ֣ם הָֽאָדָ֔ם בָּֽאָדָ֖ם דָּמ֣וֹ יִשָּׁפֵ֑ךְ כִּ֚י בְּצֶ֣לֶם אֱלֹהִ֔ים עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת־הָאָדָֽם׃
Whoever sheds the blood of man,
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According to the Halakhah, does stating that HaShem does not exist constitute a curse or a profanation of God's name?
I am an Italian ben Noach.
According to Rambam (Mishneh Torah-Avodat Kokhavim 2: 7;Hilchot Melachim 9:3):
a Jew commits the crime of blasphemy if he curses HaShem using God's unique name or one of ...
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Does belief in the abrogation of the Torah by the NT disqualify a Ben Noah?
The Rambam in Hilchos Melachim 8:10-11 (see also Likkutei Sichos vol. 26 p. 132) rules it is a prerequisite of the 7 Noahide Laws that Gentiles bide by them because it says so in “the Torah of Moses&...
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A non-Jew to recite Patakh Eliyahu
Is a non-Jew allowed to recite Patakh Eliyahu because he knows the use of it a little bit?
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What is the origin of the prohibition against eating live meat?
It's considered a Noahide prohibition to eat meat taken from a live animal. I often hear this is connected with Bereishith 9:6. However, after I read the verse, it seems to be condemning just meat ...
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The Masai tribe in Africa drink blood of a living cow. Is this Ever Min haChai? And what about cow's milk? [duplicate]
Is piercing into a live cow and extracting the blood for drinking considered ever min hachai for non Jews? This is what the Masai tribe in Africa do. It allows them to get continuous nutrition ...
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What meals violate the Noahide Law against eating flesh torn from a living animal?
I recently learned that, per the general understanding of the Seven Noahide Laws, Gentiles cannot eat flesh torn from a live animal. How would this look in practice? What meals would violate this law? ...
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Mishne Torah Kings and Wars Ch.6
Hi I am posting my question again because the old post is closed, but I edited my question to avoid problems:
Mishne Torah,Kings and Wars Ch. 6:
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7 Mitzwot and Gentiles in Hell for the Sins of Israel
I have a few questions: It is said that Hashem is the God of ALL people. But then how can it be that many Jewish sages destined non-Jews for "hell"? I picked out a few examples for you:
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Belief-with worship only towards HaShem - in the real existence of intermediaries between the Almighty and the Gentile Nations
I am an Italian Noahide.
There are several discussions in this forum about shituf, understood as associating other entities with HaShem.
Unless I am mistaken, it is generally held that on the halachic ...
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Is a gentile nation allowed to go to war with another gentile nation?
With recent talks about Russia and Ukraine ongoing invasion of Russia to Ukraine, or China and Taiwan was wondering is there a source in the Torah that would allow or disallow a gentile nation to ...
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The Mitzvah of establishment of courts before Yitro's advice
Allegedly, the 7 Noahide Mitzvos were given to Adam and passed down to Moses. Even if we follow the approach that our forefathers were Noahides prior to the receiving of the Torah, they would be ...
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Following Secular Law
If a person lives in a country where citizens are innocent until proven guilty, do they commit a sin only when they are officially found guilty or at the moment the potentially criminal activity ...
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Are Bnei Noach allowed to produce any images as long as it isn't pagan imagery?
From what I gather the prohibition on the production of images is a Mosaic law, so are Bnei Noach exempt from this?
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Gentile Studying Moshiach Predictions
Is a gentile (by the seven laws) forbidden from hearing Moshiach predictions? If someone has a quote from the Zohar that supposedly shows when Moshiach will come, am I allowed to read it?
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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 ...
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Is it genevat daat for a Noachide to have relations with a gentile woman without commitment if you met her in a place where people normally hookup?
In other words, does a man have to disclose his intentions before hooking up with a girl if they met in a place where it is assumed that people meet to hookup except she may be ignorant of that and ...
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Can I eat any food with vinegar in it like mayonnaise, ketchup, etc if I'm a Nazirite?
Numbers 6:3-4 explains that a Nazirite can't have strong drink nor vinegar of wine also can't eat anything from the vine tree or eat grapes so does that apply to any other foods with vinegar in it ...
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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 ...
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Why are gentiles forbidden from keeping Shabbat if Adam and Even are considered to have lit the first Havdalah candles?
Judaism forbids gentiles from keeping Shabbat. It's one of the activities which is unique to Jews and their relationship to Hashem.
To contrast this, we have the Noahide laws which were given to the ...
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Are goyim allowed to learn chassidus?
It's known (Sanhedrin, don't have exact pages) that a goy is in general only supposed to learn the parts of Torah that have to do with the 7 mitzvos
The question is, is chassidus considered all an ...
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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 ...
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Must Noachides accept the story of Noach?
I know of a certain person who attempted an Orthodox conversion some time ago, but had to stop in the middle for various reasons, including, but not limited to, opposing hashkafic views. This person ...
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Does asking a righteous deceased and/or an "angel" to intercede with HaShem in favor of a living person violate the Noahide Law or not?
Among Catholics and Orthodox Christians, the tradition of asking Mary (the mother of Jesus), "angels" and saints to intercede with HaShem in favor of one or more living people is very ...
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Are Muslims fit to be Noahides?
If I'm not mistaken, to be a Noahide you must accept that the Torah is unchanged and from G-d. (I am not arguing that this is one of the 7 Noahide Laws by the way, I'm merely saying that this could be ...
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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
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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 ...
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Can a Ben-Noach eat live oysters? [duplicate]
I understand that animals shouldn't be eaten until after death occured. Although an oyster is a shell fish and not kosher, could a Ben Noach eat live oysters?
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Flesh from a live animal
Is flesh from a live animal permitted for a gentile to eat? Is this included in the seven commandments?
I was unable to find this answer.
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According to Ramban, why is גזל part of the ז מצות בני נח?
One of the ז מצות בני נח is דינים. According to the Ramban on parshat vayishlach (34:13)
the laws that were counted [as one] of the seven commandments that the Children of Noach were commanded is ...
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By what authority, and roughly when, did Judaism concede that adoption of Noachide laws was an acceptable alternative to conversion?
I. Introduction.
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B. Shabbat 145b-146a. "Rabbi Yoḥanan then explained to them: Why are gentiles ethically contaminated? It is because they did not stand on Mount Sinai. As when the ...
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Rav Kook's interpretation of the "wise Gentiles" in Mishneh Torah-Hilchot Melachim 8:11
I am an Italian Noahide
As it is known, in Hilchot Melachim 8:11 Rambam states:
“Anyone (Gentile) who accepts upon himself the fulfillment of these seven mitzvot and is precise in their ...
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Is cremation halachically lawful for the Gentiles?
I am an Italian noahide.
I wonder if Halakhah allows Gentiles to cremate bodies. My personal opinion is that this practice does not violate Noahide Laws, as it is not included in one of the relevant ...
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Source of the Noahide Laws
The Talmud, in Sanhedrin 56a-b, gives the Noahide laws, applicable to all mankind:
Our Rabbis taught: Seven precepts were the sons of Noah commanded: To establish courts of justice; and refrain ...
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Does the Noahide Law allow prostitution to the Gentiles?
I am an Italian noahide.
Unless I am mistaken, in terms of sexual conduct the prohibitions established by the Noahide Law are the following (see Rambam’s Mishneh Torah-Melachim uMilchamot 9:5):
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Is the Noahide Law actually composed of the seven codified macro-obligations or does it de facto include other precepts?
I'm an Italian Noahide.
My question may seem abstruse; I try to explain myself better.
The Noahide Law is notoriously codified in seven macro-obligations, in turn specified in more detailed precepts;...
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Is a gentile permitted to learn the original Hebrew of the Torah?
I've been reading the Divine Code by Rabbi Moshe Weiner and came across this in Part I 5:2 note. 91
"...(1) It is also prohibited for a Jew to teach Torah to gentiles in the canonised Hebrew or ...
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Why would a non-Jew offer a sacrifice?
It seems that gentiles are allowed to offer burnt sacrifices, and may do so anywhere in the world. They do not need the Temple. A Jew may even instruct a gentile on how to do this.
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Does the torah prohibit the consumption of Raw Meat for everyone?
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I am a Noachide who started to experiment with a raw meat diet, after watching videos such as this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-cuT7q1dZ4
It has certainly peaked my interest, and now I ...
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Do decentralized arbitration markets satisfy mitzvah to set up courts?
Do decentralized arbitration markets like Aragon satisfy the noahide mitzvah to set up courts?
Context: Aragon is a decentralized arbitration market, rather than being tied to any one nation-state it ...
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At what age is a Ben Noach responsible to perform his "mitzvot"? [duplicate]
Jews are responsible for mitzvah performance at age 12 - girls and 13 for boys. (There is, as I understand, Rabbinical discussion regarding some specific mitzvot that they may be responsible when they ...
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"It is not good for man to be alone" : Is this some sort of commandment, and does it apply to b'nei Noach?
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ
אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לּ֥וֹ עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ:
And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man is alone; I shall make
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Do Samaritans go to Olam Haba?
My question is if Samaritans go to Olam Haba. It would seem pretty obvious except for the fact they don’t recognize the Jewish people as Hashem’s Chosen. They also have their own slightly altered ...
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Is "Any laws" better than "No laws"?
One of the seven Noahide laws, applicable to all humankind, is: Establish courts of justice. The implication is that there must be law and order in a healthy society. But these laws can be vicious, ...
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