"The two best days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why."
"How long is it our duty to study Torah?  Until the day of death."  Rambam
Noahide Prayer
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Noahide Prayer

For Noahides, prayer is considered a mitzvah when performed in response to personal needs or circumstances.

Develop a Torah Personality
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Develop a Torah Personality

Help for perfecting your relationship with HaShem and yourself.

Listen To Noahide Laws & Life Cycle Class
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Listen To Noahide Laws & Life Cycle Class

Listen to the overview from a previous class from the Noahide Torah Study Yeshiva Course.

Seek Torah Wisdom
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Seek Torah Wisdom

Torah wisdom should always flow through you. Learn about Hashem and you will learn about yourself!

Audio Torah Courses
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Audio Torah Courses

Listen, Learn & Love Torah

After The Flood
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After The Flood

Ever wonder what happened when Noah and his family exited the Ark after the Flood?

"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world".
"The only thing necessary for evil to exist is for good people to do nothing."

Wisdom From Pirke Avot

Simon the Just…used to say,
“Upon three things the world stands:
On Torah, on (Divine) Service, and on Deeds of Lovingkindness.”
Pirke Avot 1:2

Ben Zoma said,
“Who is wise? The one who learns from all people…
“Who is mighty?  The one who subdues the evil inclination…
“Who is rich? The one who rejoices in his portion….
“Who is honored? The one who honors other human beings….”
Pirke Avot 4:1

The Most Important Part of Studying Torah

The most important element in validating interpretations of the written and oral Torah is the concept of Mesorah. Mesorah is the greatest proof to the authenticity of any concept, practice, or interpretation.

Although the seven Noahide laws have their origins in Adam and Noah, God chose to transmit and preserve them via Moses and the giving of the Torah at Sinai. This placed the Seven Mitzvos within the structure and system of Torah study and learning. Therefore, the seven Noahide laws must be interpreted and understood within the context of the Torah.

This point cannot be stressed enough: Jewish, and therefore Noahide, study and interpretation of the Torah is unique and unlike the study of any other religious texts.

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The Truth About the Ger

 

Don't ever be afraid of seeking truth or speaking the truth, as it says in

Proverbs 12:19...

Truthful lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment

Are Noahides Allowed to Pray?

For Noahides, prayer is considered a mitzvah when performed in response to personal needs or circumstances. If one experiences challenges for which he does not pray, his lack of response is tantamount to a denial of God as the sovereign ruler of all things and all events. When one does pray in such circumstances, it demonstrates reliance and belief in the Creator.

When a Noahide prays to give thanks or praise absent a personal need, he still receives reward for such prayer even though it is not of the same nature as prayer prompted by personal needs.

As with all personal prayers, there are no fixed texts for Noahide prayer. Since all Noahide prayer is essentially personal prayer, it is ideally expressed using sincere words from the heart.

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Tools For Noahide Torah Study

The journey of Noahide Torah study is endless in depth and has no destination.  You will realize this when your very essence proclaims, "the more I learn, the less I know"!  Before you make this proclamation remember that it is a mitzvot for a Noahide to study the Noahide Laws and apply them in every aspect of their life.  After you make that proclamation you will realize and appreciate why it is a mitzvot for a Noahide to study the Noahide Laws and apply them. The study of Torah is what gives us our awe of the Creator.  The more we study the more awe we gain.

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Do you know why more and more Christian & Messianic believers are turning to God?

 

 

 

BRONZE SNAKE/FIERY SERPENT

 

 

Shalom Rabbi Bloomenstiel,  

Numbers 21 : 4-8  The Lord commanded Moses to make this snake...

2 Kings 18 : 4  King Hezekiah had this snake destroyed.....

Is looking at this snake idolatry since people has to believe that looking at it will bring healing.  Why not have it destroyed? Is it an idol now?

Would like some insight on this.

Hashem sent the serpents as the instrument of G-d’s punishment. G-d also  commanded the construction of the copper serpent to show that just G-D can give the power to a living serpent to punish on His behalf, so too he can give to a “fake” serpent the power to heal on His behalf.  This lesson involved was the opposite of idolatry.  Idolatry is the belief that objects, persons, and things have their own intrinsic powers and qualities.  The lesson of the serpent was that the power and quality of any particular thing was only the result of G-d’s will.  The way in which the serpent brought healing was that people had to look at it and realize that just as G-d can send a living serpent to punish, He can send a fake, sculptural serpent to heal.  The power and abilities of a serpent are only the result of G-d’s will, and not the serpent itself. 

This lesson was related to the events at hand here in the Torah.  The Jewish people had just seen HaShem directly answer their prayers at Hormah (Lev. 21:1 – 3).  Immediately thereafter, the people, rather than be greatful, immediately began to complain to HaShem and claim that He could/would not provide for them appropriately.  The message of the incident with the serpents was that all things, natural and unnatural were within HaShem’s Hand.

In the days of Chizkiyahu, the copper serpent’s entire meaning became corrupted because people began to ascribe to it its own powers.  Having then been made into an item of idolatry, the law required that it be destroyed.

Rabbi Bloomenstiel

For a far more in-depth and advanced study of all the Seven Noahide Laws consider taking the Noahide Laws Yeshiva Course.

 

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