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

[Zev Sero]

Richard Wolberg wrote:
> “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. *

The Rambam rules explicitly that they can, and they get sechar for it.
>From Tanach it's clear and undisputed that a goy can bring a korban,
can come to the BHMK to pray, can pray in the direction of the BHMK,
and in the future the goyim will celebrate Sukkot (which strongly
implies that they may do so now).   Rebbi sent Ardeban a mezuzah,
and said that it would protect him; if he would not be doing a mitzvah
how could he get its sechar?

I'm not aware of any source that forbids goyim to take on any mitzvah
besides Shabbat and Talmud Torah.  The Radbaz says they should be
steered away from mitzvot that involve devarim shebikdusha (tefillin,
mezuzah), but doesn't say it's forbidden to them.  (And he doesn't
explain Rebbi sending Ardeban that mezuzah.)


> *Is a goy obligated to kibud av va’aim.

It would seem that he is not obligated, but he certainly gets sechar
for it, as evidenced by the story of Dama ben Netina.


> Vov: Adultery

Huh?


> 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.

Not for sholom bayis, but because we have no basis on which to kill
him.  There are many things of which the gemara says "chayav mita"
or "mitchayev benafsho", but that's not a license for a BD (let alone
an individual) to kill someone who does it!


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