[Avodah] What did they learn in the yeshiva of Shem and Ever

[Richard Wolberg]

"They're also allowed to take on almost any mitzvah they like"

 

Perhaps I've been under a misconception, but I don't think a goy can accept
tallis and tefillin, licht bentch'n, etc. etc. etc.  I would say, farkeirt,
they're NOT allowed to take almost any mitavah they like. 

 

Is a goy obligated to kibud av va'aim. We know there are Seven Noachide Laws
(which branch off into 30) They can be remembered by Aleph: Aver min hachai;
Bes: Birkas haShem (which means the opposite; you're not allowed to curse
God); Gimel: G'neiva,g'zela - stealing; Daled: Dinim. You have an obligation
to set up courts; Hay: hariga, not allowed to kill; Vov: Adultery; Zayin:
zara (avoda zara). So a goy doesn't have the mitzvah of kibud Av va'aim,
however he should observe it if he is a mensch. In that area I would agree
with Zev. Though the gemara Sanhedrin says that a goy who learns Torah is
chayav misa, it is metaphoric and for sholom bayis, if a goy wants to learn
anything beyond the zayin mitzvoth, we shouldn't consider killing him. For
sure, he must learn if he is going to convert. (Incidentally, it is said
that a goy never converts; a ger converts).

BTW, who was the Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever?  J

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