Download or read book Prayers Blessings Principles of Faith and Divine Service for Noahides Large Print Edition written by Moshe Weiner and published by Ask Noah International Incorporated. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular booklet provides a clear and discerning guide for prayers and blessings that have been recommended for Noahides by expert Rabbis. The carefully selected prayers and blessings are not meant to serve as an official Noahide liturgy, but rather they are compiled from the general format of the traditional Jewish prayer book (Siddur), drawing partly from chapters of Psalms. The booklet includes essential instructions on the guidelines for proper prayer, how to make blessings before eating the various types of foods, and a Grace after Meals for Noahides. It also includes prayers for livelihood, for safe traveling, for healing, for newborn babies, for a departed soul, and Rabbi Schochet's selection of seven verses from the Hebrew Bible for Noahide children to recite. Its initial section on principles of faith and Divine service, taken from teachings compiled by Rabbi Weiner in the chapter on Prayer in The Divine Code, 4th Edition (Part I, Fundamentals of the Faith), serves to assist pious Non-Jews with integrating their requests, praises, blessings, and heartfelt prayers and repentance to God into their daily lives.
Download or read book The Noahide Laws written by Yeshiva Pirchei Shoshanim and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Torah has an all-encompassing vision for mankind in which every person, Jew, and gentile, has a role to play. The Torah's ideal role for the non-Jew is that of the Noahide (in Hebrew, the Ben Noach, Child of Noah). This role is defined by a large body of halacha (law) called the Sheva Mitzvos Bnei Noach, the Seven Commandments of the Children of Noah. More and more non-Jews have turned to the ancient wisdom of the Torah and its sages for guidance as to what God expects from them. Unfortunately, there are virtually no authentic or complete resources for the rabbinic world as to how to provide for those non-Jews seeking answers, until now.
Download or read book The Divine Code Fundamentals of the faith written by Moshe Weiner and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work by Rabbi Moshe Weiner examines the Torah Law details and foundations of the Biblical Seven Noahide Commandments (the Seven Laws of Noah). Volume 1 (First Edition) delineates the Noahide commandments and describes the fundamentals of the Noahide faith, the prohibitions of idolatry and blasphemy, the dietary prohibitions associated with eating meat that was removed from a living animal (which includes a prohibition of causing unnecessary pain to living creatures). Other topics that are relevant for righteous gentiles include permissible Torah study, prayer, moral conduct, repentance, annulment of vows, and the prohibitions of cross-mating different species of animals and cross-grafting different species of fruit trees. Volume 1 also includes an introduction which explains the Torah Law basis of Jewish outreach to gentiles for the Seven Noahide Commandments, and the obligations of gentiles to observe the traditional rabbinical explanations and rulings about the Noahide Code as it is included as part of the Torah of Moses. Published by Ask Noah International.
Download or read book Guide for the Noahide written by Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to sacred Torah tradition, painstakingly preserved over millennia, the Noahide Laws are the terms of HaShem's covenant with Noah after the Flood. Sadly, they were abandoned and largely forgotten. Then nearly 800 years later, another global cataclysmic event shook the world: the frightening and awesome events coinciding with the Exodus and Giving of the Torah at Sinai. Since that second rebirth of the world, the nations of the world have been obligated to these laws through the Torah of Moses. After all, it is only through the Torah that mankind even knows the true historical account of the Deluge and HaShem's Covenant with Noah. The simplicity of this Covenant is striking. It requires no religious ceremonies, no sacrificial service, no priestly hierarchy. It upholds equality between men and women, all races and all colors. It is the most basic code of human behavior that allows for a world united under the One and Only King of the Universe. According to Torah, it is forbidden for non-Jews to create man-made religions. Why add to the simple perfection of HaShem's covenant? The world of the spirit is as wide to the righteous Noahide as it is to the righteous Jew. One must bear in mind that the very foundation of any relationship with the True God is knowing and fulfilling all the precepts that He has commanded us as Jews and Noahides. Piety cannot replace, and indeed cannot be reached, without this solid foundation. Hailed by rabbis and Noahide scholars alike, this Guide -- meant for both non-Jews and Jews -- presents the Laws of the Noahide Covenant as never before: precisely as they were codified in Talmudic law according to the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides (RaMBaM).
Download or read book Prayers for Noahides written by Michael Schulman and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intent of this authorized prayer booklet is to provide personal, family, and communal prayers that are appropriate for Gentiles who follow the Noahide Code. As Noahide communities are growing and organizing around the world, some have been establishing places and times for communal prayers. We hope that this publication will be a useful guide, and the expanded selection of Psalms and verses from the Hebrew Bible is offered as a resource for heartfelt prayers and praises to God. Our hope is that this will bring each participant to a closer, more personal relationship with the Holy One, blessed be He.We have drawn upon the format of the traditional Jewish liturgy (the Orthodox Siddur) to provide guidance for orderly prayers for Noahide synagogues and prayer groups. Wherever appropriate we have used this, while also integrating it with the daily prayers for Noahides that have been recommended by Rabbi Moshe Weiner, the overseeing Rabbi of Ask Noah International, and Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet o.b.m., as published in the booklet "Prayers, Blessings, Principles of Faith, and Divine Service for Noahides" (7th Edition). Care has been taken that the prayers included here do not encroach on the spiritual heritage of the Jewish people, and there is no attempt made to establish additional obligations for Gentiles beyond the Torah-based Noahide Code.This booklet includes prayers that can be said in connection with births or the passing of loved ones. Psalms and prayers have also been added that can be said during the months of Elul and Tishrei, and on Rosh Hashanah - the annual Day of Judgment for all people.
Download or read book Seven Gates of Righteous Knowledge written by Moshe Weiner and published by . This book was released on 2016-12 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work was inspired by the book Sefer Ha?Madah (The Book of Knowledge) by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides. Sefer Ha?Madah is the first volume of his work Mishneh Torah, which is his monumental codification of the Oral Torah Law. In it, Maimonides explains the Torah's path to true and proper faith-based knowledge. The essential points of our present book, and much of its text, have been taken from Maimonides? holy words in Sefer Ha?Madah, Beyond that, we have added background information and explanations to produce a book meant specifically for those who are, or who want to become, righteous Gentiles in God's eyes. We have not attempted to include every proper and righteous outlook, character trait, and path in life for Gentiles. However, in a general manner, this book presents the proper views and behaviors for a righteous person of any nationality or culture.
Download or read book Prayers Blessings Principles of Faith and Divine Service for Noahides 7th Edition written by Moshe Weiner and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This convenient pocket-size booklet provides a clear and expertly researched guide for prayers and blessings that have been authorized and recommended for Noahides by expert Rabbis. The selected prayers and blessings are not meant to serve as an official Noahide liturgy, but rather they are compiled from the general format of the traditional Jewish prayer book (Siddur), drawing mostly from chapters of Psalms. The booklet includes additional prayers for livelihood, for safe traveling, for healing, for newborn gentile babies, and for a departed soul. It also includes recommendation of seven verses from the Hebrew Bible for Noahide children to learn. Expanding on the recommendations by the authors that are published in the chapter on Prayer in The Divine Code, Volume I, this booklet assists pious non-Jews with integrating requests, praises, blessings, and heartfelt prayers and repentance to God into their daily lives. It includes essential instructions on the guidelines for proper prayer, and how to make blessings before and after eating, including a Grace after Meals for Noahides.
Download or read book The Divine Code written by Moshe Weiner and published by Ask Noah International, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in the Seven Commandments for the Children of Noah (Non-Jews) is growing, and great numbers of people around the world have committed themselves to observe these commandments. Until publication of The Divine Code (now in the Fourth Edition), a comprehensive, clear, and expertly researched guide for observance and study of these Divine precepts was lacking. The Divine Code is the result of an historic project by Ask Noah International. Originally published in Hebrew by Rabbi Moshe Weiner and endorsed by prominent Torah scholars, including two Chief Rabbis of Israel, it examines the Torah-law foundations and details of the Noahide precepts. Unique among the other books on this subject, this authoritative text is footnoted with extensively researched Talmudic and post-Talmudic sources, and supplied with additional explanations and enlightening Editor's Notes throughout. It identifies and applies the fundamental principles by which the practical requirements for righteous living are determined for pious Non-Jews. This Fourth Edition encompasses all of the Seven Noahide Commandments and their principles and offshoots. It is the authorized translation according to Rabbi Weiner's personal review and editing. The book contains eight parts, beginning with Fundamentals of the Faith, followed by the seven parts which provide comprehensive explanations of each of the Seven Noahide Commandments and their many offshoots. Also included are several section introductions by the renown Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet, o.b.m., a leading Canadian rabbi and author of many popular books on Torah-based spirituality and philosophy. Additional introductions were contributed by Joe M. Regenstein, Ph.D., a leading expert on guidelines in the meat industry for improved animal welfare; Arthur A. Goldberg, J.D., author of Light in the Closet and Director of J.I.F.G.A.; Rabbi Shimon D. Cowen, Ph.D., Director of of the Institute for Judaism and Civilization, and Michael Schulman, Ph.D., editor of the book and Executive Director of Ask Noah International and Asknoah.org. It also includes an Appendix on the Pious Gentile and the Ger Toshav in Torah Law.Recommended for late teens and adults.
Download or read book To Perfect the World written by Michael Schulman and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a foremost global spiritual leader, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, emphasized that G-d commanded the Jewish people, through Moshe at Mount Sinai, to influence the people of the world to observe the Torah's Seven Noahide Commandments. Despite the key importance of this mission, Jews were unable to fulfill it during most of their difficult history. The Rebbe explained that, by Divine Providence, the freedoms of religion and speech in our modern societies make it possible -- and thus obligatory -- for Jews to now be involved in spreading out this much-needed universal message. But was any guidance provided for how to pursue this?In fact, the Rebbe directly addressed the following questions, and more:* What is the basis in Torah for this outreach?* What is the pious path for Gentiles in G-d's eyes, and what parts of Torah should they learn? * Who should be involved in this outreach?* How should Gentiles be approached and encouraged?This book presents a systematic compilation of the Rebbe's many teachings and directives for Jews, and Gentiles as well, about how to widely promote belief in G-d, observance of the Noahide Code, and acts of goodness and kindness.
Download or read book Brit Olam written by Noahide World Center and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This prayer book is designed for all of the people in the world who identify themselves as Bnei Noah, meaning that they accept upon themselves the Seven Commandments that have been given to the Sons of Noah (Bnei Noah). If you want to order 4 or more copies please contact us to get a special discount - [email protected]
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law written by Christine Hayes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law provides a conceptual and historical account of the Jewish understanding of law.
Download or read book The Jewish Response to Missionary Christianity written by Gerald Sigal and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-03 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 2000 years Christian missionaries have attempted to convert Jews to Christianity using the Jewish Bible as proof. Although great rabbinic scholars have over the years refuted many of these false teachings Gerald Sigal's, THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO MISSIONARY CHRISTIANITY, is the authoritative collection. First, Sigal analyzes the proof texts that the missionaries use and shows their distortions and mistakes. Next he turns his attention to the New Tesament and proves conclusively that it cannot be the Word of God. THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO MISSIONARY CHRISTIANITY is a book for scholars and laymen alike. Warning: If you are a Jew who has embraced Christian missionary teachings this book will shake you to your core.
Download or read book Let s Get Biblical written by Tovia Singer and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Jewish and Christian Scriptures with the world renowned Bible scholar and expert on Jewish evangelism, Rabbi Tovia Singer. This new two-volume work, Let's Get Biblical! Why Doesn't Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah?, takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through timeless passages in Tanach, and answers a pressing question: Why doesn't Judaism accept the Christian messiah? Are the teachings conveyed in the New Testament compatible with ageless prophecies in the Jewish Scriptures? Rabbi Singer's fascinating new work clearly illustrates why the core doctrines of the Church are utterly incompatible with the cornerstone principles expressed by the Prophets of Israel, and are opposed by the most cherished tenets conveyed in the Jewish Scriptures. Moreover, this book demonstrates how the Church systematically and deliberately altered the Jewish Scriptures in order to persuade potential converts that Jesus is the promised Jewish messiah. To accomplish this feat, Christian "translators" manipulated, misquoted, mistranslated, and even fabricated verses in the Hebrew Scriptures so that these texts appear to be speaking about Jesus. This exhaustive book probes and illuminates this thought-provoking subject. Tragically, over the past two millennia, the church's faithful have been completely oblivious to this Bible-tampering because virtually no Christian can read or understand the Hebrew Scriptures in its original language. Since time immemorial, earnest parishioners blindly and utterly depended upon manmade Christian "translations" of the "Old Testament" in order to understand the "Word of God." Understandably, churchgoers are deeply puzzled by the Jewish rejection of their religion's claims. They wonder aloud why Jewish people, who are reared since childhood in the Holy Tongue, and are the bearers and protectors of the sacred Oracles of God, do not accept Jesus as their messiah. How can such an extraordinary people dismiss such an extraordinary claim? Are they just plain stubborn? Let's Get Biblical thoroughly answers these nagging, age-old questions.
Download or read book Gateway to Judaism written by Mordechai Becher and published by Mesorah Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gateway to Judaism is an insider's engaging look at the mindset, values, and practices of Judaism in the 21st century. As a senior lecturer and outreach expert with Gateways Seminars, Rabbi Mordechai Becher has helped thousands of people reconnect with the beauty, wisdom and relevance of their Jewish heritage. Often asked to recommend "just one book" that would explain the essentials of Jewish life and thought , he decided to write it himself! Delving beneath common perceptions of Jewish tradition, Rabbi Becher presents fresh and meaningful perspectives that will educate and inspire you. Among the many intriguing topics he addresses are: Is there spirituality in Judaism? In our age of labor-saving devices, do we still need a Sabbath? What is Judaism's view on death and the afterlife? Why is Judaism so full of laws? Why should I pray? Does God really want to hear my complaints? Can Judaism enhance my marriage? Isn't circumcision just an ancient rite of initiation? Is it still relevant? Why is Israel so central to Judaism? Does a religion need a land? Why does a mourner say Kaddish? Wasn't keeping kosher a health measure? Does it still have a purpose today? How can I add meaning to my Passover Seder? Gateway to Judaism reveals Judaism's power to elevate your life. Whether you are new to Jewish tradition, familiar with its practice, or simply curious, you will find this book an illuminating guide to a joyous and fulfilling lifestyle. -- from dust cover.
Download or read book A Covenant of Creatures written by Michael Fagenblat and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I am not a particularly Jewish thinker," said Emmanuel Levinas, "I am just a thinker." This book argues against the idea, affirmed by Levinas himself, that Totality and Infinity and Otherwise Than Being separate philosophy from Judaism. By reading Levinas's philosophical works through the prism of Judaic texts and ideas, Michael Fagenblat argues that what Levinas called "ethics" is as much a hermeneutical product wrought from the Judaic heritage as a series of phenomenological observations. Decoding the Levinas's philosophy of Judaism within a Heideggerian and Pauline framework, Fagenblat uses biblical, rabbinic, and Maimonidean texts to provide sustained interpretations of the philosopher's work. Ultimately he calls for a reconsideration of the relation between tradition and philosophy, and of the meaning of faith after the death of epistemology.
Download or read book Newly Born Jew written by ilovetorah Jewish Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple guide to being a Noahide and Converting to Judaism.
Download or read book Diversity and Rabbinization written by Gavin McDowell and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains Hebrew and Syriac text. Please, check that your e-reader supports texts set in left-to-right direction before purchasing the epub and azw3 editions of the book. This volume is dedicated to the cultural and religious diversity in Jewish communities from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Age and the growing influence of the rabbis within these communities during the same period. Drawing on available textual and material evidence, the fourteen essays presented here, written by leading experts in their fields, span a significant chronological and geographical range and cover material that has not yet received sufficient attention in scholarship. The volume is divided into four parts. The first focuses on the vantage point of the synagogue; the second and third on non-rabbinic Judaism in, respectively, the Near East and Europe; the final part turns from diversity within Judaism to the process of "rabbinization" as represented in some unusual rabbinic texts. Diversity and Rabbinization is a welcome contribution to the historical study of Judaism in all its complexity. It presents fresh perspectives on critical questions and allows us to rethink the tension between multiplicity and unity in Judaism during the first millennium CE. L’École Pratique des Hautes Études has kindly contributed to the publication of this volume.
