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

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From: "Marty Bluke" _marty.bluke at gmail.com_ (mailto:marty.bluke at gmail.com) 

 

>>The Gemara in Sanhedrin 59a tells us that a goy who learns  Torah is
chayav misa. If so what were they allowed to learn in Shem and  Ever's
yeshiva? What did they learn all day?<<
 
>>>>>
My husband used to teach Noahide classes and still communicates with a lot  
of Noahides on a Noahide emailing list.  He did a lot of research when he  
taught those classes and found that there is a LOT to teach, much more than  
people realize, about the Sheva Mitzvos Bnai Noach.  In reality, each  of the seven 
mitzvos is a /category/ of mitzvos with many details.  
 
To give an example:  one of the seven is gilui arayos.  This  includes -- 
among other things -- a prohibition on adultery.  So a ben  Noach is not allowed 
to take another man's wife.  But how do Noahides get  married?  What 
constitutes a wife?  Can they get divorced, and if so,  how?  (Strangely, in Torah 
sources, my husband found two opinions, one like  the Protestants -- yes, they can 
get divorced -- and one like the Catholics  -- no, they cannot get divorced)
 
So in the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever they learned all the Torah which is  
relevant to Noahides, which is actually quite a lot.



(It is also possible that before the Torah was given, it was mutar for them  
to learn the Torah, just as it was mutar for Yakov to marry two  sisters.)


--Toby  Katz
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