#Noahidism

[oheziraphael]

There has been such an unbelieveable amount of antisemitism on Tumblr, so, I'll just say this.

Lilith is closed.

The Kabbalah is not an occult-y thing you can just use, It is closed to Judaism, always has been, always will be.

The Jewish G-d is not just every other abrahamic deity, they are not the same.

Abrahamic religions are not evil, stop generalizing, if you had a bad experience with Christianity or Judaism or Islam, that is not the whole religion, do not put others down because of it.

and i'll just ask this; why are goyim so, so, interested in jews? why? why does it matter to you? If you aren't trying to learn and be respectful, why are you so interested in telling them why something is closed or open?

[sheydandcherub]

“Dearer to God is the proselyte who has come of his [her] own accord than all the crowds of the Israelites who stood at Mt. Sinai. The Israelites witnessed the thunder, lightning, quaking mountains, and the sound of trumpets. But the proselyte, who saw not one of these things, came and surrendered himself [herself] to God and took upon himself [herself] the yoke of Heaven. Can anyone be dearer to God?”

— The Midrash, Tanchuma Lech Lecha 6

[shalom-iamcominghome]

Context: my rabbi was telling a story in our judaism and hebrew class about going to israel and a funny thing that happened with transliterating english into hebrew (we were learning alef)

Rabbi: So I was in front of this store reading the sign and spelling it out to myself *points to ס ו פּ on our alef chart* and I couldn't figure out what-

Me, obliviously interrupting: oh it was a supermarket???

Rabbi, amused: ........yeah, it was a supermarket, you'd do well in israel

[rabbiaharon]

”Can a Goy be among the Chasidei Umos Haolam (righteous among the nations) if they believe in one G-d, but have never heard of the Torah.” I’ve been asked this question recently in a few different places, I’d like to iron out my answer in brief. I’ll divide my answer into a section in the theory of the issue, and a section on the practicality of the issue.

In theory, a non-jew is held responsible fully for not keeping the obligations set out for them in the 7 Noahide Laws, regardless of whether or not they’ve had a chance to learn about them. This is outlined in many places in the Talmud, as well as in midrash, such as the section regarding the stones placed by the Jordan River by the Jewish people in their passage, on which the torah was written in 70 languages so that the non-jews could come and learn for themselves, and seek out the correct action. The midrash then comments that the Goyim will come before Hashem when Moshiach comes to judge them, and complain that they weren’t told the proper course of action, and that the answer to them is that the Torah was made public to them, and the responsibility of “not knowing” ultimately falls on them. This theoretical, higher expectation for responsibility comes in stark contrast to the responsibility placed on a Jew who does not know about the 613 commandments we have been charged with, as a Jew who does not know about the 613 is not held responsible. There may be a variety of reasons behind this, I’ll leave that issue for another day.

The practicality of the matter is quite different. The Rambam in Hilchos Malachim (The Laws Concerning Kings) discusses that in order for a non-jew to be considered among the Chasidei Umos Haolam, they must not only keep the 7 laws according to their proper details, but that they must do so because they were (re)received by Moshe at Mount Sinai in order to teach to the nations. Keeping them because they are logical, or because they are forced to keep them by their government (an unusual possibility indeed, as I don’t believe there is any government on Earth who enforces all of the 7 equally and without exception) does not qualify them as “Chasidei Umos Haolam”, and they will still be considered among idolaters in halachos which govern the way we interact with them.

There are other poskim which argue on the Rambam concerning the importance of intent to the classification of non-Jews in their observance of the 7 Laws, all agree that theoretically a non-Jew must keep all the laws, including all of their details (which are far more than 7), in order to be classified as “Righteous Among the Nations”. Ergo, someone who does follow the 7 commandments in all of their details, while they are classified as a noahide (insofar as the technicality of not being responsible for the violation of those commandments), they aren’t classified as “righteous among the nations”.

Nevertheless, many poskim (such as the Chazon Ish in Yoreh Deah) suggest by implication that there may not be a difference - in terms of Hashem’s mercies - between a Jew who was raised with the knowledge of a goy (no knowledge of halacha or torah), and a non-jew who lives in a situation where there is no accessibility or knowledge base for accessing the Torah, conceptually or practically. Hashem ultimately holds someone only responsible if they have the ability to learn, or if they have access to someone who can teach. If a non-jew in a corner of the world separates from and nullifies his idolatry and expresses his belief in the one G-d, they may still be considered a noahide, even if they have no access to a learning base to understand that they have an obligation of the 7 noahide laws. In modern times, there is certainly more access and learning opportunities than any other era, with the advent of the internet. However, as we have seen socially and politically, it can sometimes be extremely difficult to sort through information and disinformation on the internet to come to a single, true set of facts, so the existence of the internet may not, in fact, alter the equation in this situation.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe outlines our responsibility in educating the non-jews of the world in the observance of the 7 Noahide Laws in all of their details, and regardless of how I personally feel in light of the past years’ events, the spreading of knowledge of the 7 laws remains an integral part of preparing the world for Moshiach. Through our hard work in this area, and through Hashem’s great mercies upon those who do not know what to do, we should merit to see the world in it’s ideal state, as the Rambam concludes in the Mishnah Torah: “The world will be filled with the knowledge of Hashem like how the water fills the seas.”

[verilyverily]

So if I continue speaking out against Trump as I have been then that will be considered an act of treason punishable by death. Think I'll shut my mouth? 🤣 Nope 

The Coming Reality of Project 2025

[sheydandcherub]

I’d like to add that Christianity also directly contradicts the Jewish concept of G-d. Within Judaism, G-d is a singular being that can not be split into distinct parts nor is more than one. A prayer that is incredibly important to Jewish life and culture, the (first verse of the) Shema, is an excerpt from Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear O Israel, the L-rd is our G-d, the L-rd is one.” This prayer is said during morning and evening prayers every day, and is customary to be said when one’s death is surely certain. The concept of the trinity (Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the L-rd) directly opposes the Shema, Rabbinical teachings, and Jewish theology.

Sorry if this is dumb but I still don't understand why Christianity is incompatible with Judaism. Like what exactly about it? I don't mean to bother you too much since you already seem to get a lot of asks so you don't have to respond to this one lol

the biggest incompatibility theology wise is that the jewish messiah has not arrived yet. the christian messiah has. (the concept of a messiah is also very different in judaism vs christianity, which i can expand on more eventually.) the christian “new testament” according to christian theology essentially makes the jewish “old testament” obsolete (though the tanakh is not the same as the old testament, despite the fact some of the contents overlap). christianity since its inception has rejected judaism, so christian theology is often in direct opposition to jewish theology.

[agreenroad]

Adam's 2 Laws, Noah's 7 Laws, 10 Laws Of Moses, Commandments Of Jesus Christ

FIRST ADAMIC COVENANT LAW AND 2 COMMANDMENTS – FIRST REBELLION, FIRST KILLING AND FIRST BLOOD GUILT ESTABLISHED FIRST LAWS OF GOD FOR MAN Genesis 2 16 And the Lord God [s]commanded the man, saying, [t]Thou shalt eat freely of every tree of the garden, 17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for [u]in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die…

[apenitentialprayer]

It is very fascinating to me that, in a hypothetical situation in which a religious Jewish state is conquers a territory, the demand for that conquered population to adopt the seven Noahide laws as a condition for their surrender is:

considered obligatory by Maimonides, who lived in a primarily Muslim (whose status as Noahides was not really questioned) society.

deemed not something that should be taken into consideration by Nahmanides, who lived in a primarily Christian (whose status as Noahides was much more controversial) society.

(Source: Michael Broyde - The Bounds of Wartime Military Conduct in Jewish Law: An Expansive Conception, page 23)

[mrkilroi]

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Become righteous in G- d's eyes. Share in the World to come.

[sheydandcherub]

This blog loves Jews of all theistic beliefs! Whether you’re an atheist (heavy acknowledgment on atheist Jews, y’all are forgotten all too often), pan(en)theist, henotheist, deist, etc! Whatever your beliefs surrounding HaShem, you’re just as valid as a Jew :)

[captious-solarian]

Your postie is obeying the commandment to destroy idolatry. He is earning his place in the world to come.

The fedex guy threw my package full of priceless fingerbones of various saints and apostles over the fence into a big puddle because he couldnt figure out how to use the front gate. This is the tenth or eleventh time this has happened now.

[liberty1776]

Christian, Your Allegiance Is To Christ, Not Faux Israel! - by Dr. Chuck...

Jewish Law can not save anyone. No one but Jesus could keep the law. We can only keep the law through Jesus. Jesus is the only way to salvation. 

[paulthepoke]

This Week in Prophecy: Hezbollah Declares War; Ezekiel 38; Trump & Anger

This Week in Prophecy: Hezbollah Declares War; Ezekiel 38; Trump & Anger

Obadiah 1:20a And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath… Zarephath is in modern day Lebanon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(withdrawal_line) UN Resolution 1701, Adopted 2006 https://peacemaker.un.org/israellebanon-resolution1701 Beepers one day… Insane Footage from today, showing the Detonation of several Encrypted…

[msclaritea]

The Texas Governor outlawing criticism of Jews is about laying the groundwork for Noahide laws.

Greg Abbot intends to punish those who criticise Jews by beheading.

[judahmaccabees]