October 02, 2006

Breadcrumb: Noahide Laws

Chapter 9 of Genesis contains the basis of the seven Noahide laws. According to Jewish tradition, these seven laws are the commandments given to Gentiles (non-Jews), as opposed to the 613 commandments given to Jews. A Gentile following these seven laws will have a place in the world to come. In brief, they are:

1. Do not worship false gods
2. Do not curse god / blaspheme
3. Do not murder
4. Do not commit sexual immorality
5. Do not steal
6. Do not eat flesh cut from a living being (sometimes "do not be cruel to animals")
7. Establish courts of justice

A few links about Noahide laws:

- Judaism 101
- Wikipedia
- An interesting article by Jacob Scharff

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Also dear Julie... you've stated that this is your first reading of the O.T., so I realized perhaps you have yet to be introduced to the Talmud... you sound quite innocent so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. If you are new to it's contents - please visit : [ Come-and-Hear.com ]. There you will learn that, among other things - The old 'sages' say it's O.K. to have sex with a girl under the age of three ( ! 3 ! ) years old, and she will still be a virgin - because "it's like poking the eye with the finger, and the tears will come, again and again". ~ Hence she will heal, and be a virgin again ! ~ Or did you know that Rabbis suck the blood from a baby's freshly circumcised penis (with their mouths !) ~ Or that females (like you) are "unclean" during their menstrual periods (and a week after), and defile everything they touch ! ~ That only SCRATCHES the surface of the filth contained in thd Talmud !