Category: Basic concepts-Unanswered

Shalom, I am needing advice as to what to say to a family member on how to deal with stress everyday. She prays, she discusses her issues with her family, she reads books on emuna, she does teshuva and yet she says she is still stressed. Physically, spiritually, financially stressed. I am often praying for her, too. I don’t know what to say to her anymore. She doesn’t want to hear anything negative like she doesn’t have emuna, she isn’t praying hard enough, etc. I don’t blame her, she wants something positive to help her get through the day and the week. Any advice that you can give me would be most helpful. Even good reading material. We have read the Garden of Emuna and now going thru the Garden of Gratitude. Sincerely, Min(Noahide)

Shalom Rabbi, since I am aware of seven commandments I perform them, but recently I came across the following quotes:
And language Maimonides Temple vessels and workers at FFA HW: “sum dishes and animals, and nations are likewise

Ra’avad:

That nations are like cattle … and who thinks them anything consumptive wind picked up, with like a donkey ‘,’ both nations, as Mr. Marley and all of them will carry the spirit, and thinks them anything consumptive wind picked

R. Zadok the priest from Lublin:

Book, “visiting the barren, YT page, column 3, he wrote:” … and when it comes Messiah … they [Gentiles] will recognize and acknowledge that there is called ‘man’ but in Israel … but in any case, in relation to Israel even now they are a beast … ”

Now I believe highly Balohim”abl these quotes because I feel that God hates me, Abll also I can not believe these quotes were said also to the sons of Noah, that the ratio for those guards seventh commandment pretty well, and so I tend to believe that the intention was for those who maintain seven commandments ,, and because there were simply so those who keep Include all the nations

So I wanted to ask you a small minority also considered an animal guardian?
What are your views?
Thanks?

Shalom Rabbi, since I am aware of seven commandments I perform them, but recently I came across the following quotes:
And language Maimonides Temple vessels and workers at FFA HW: “sum dishes and animals, and nations are likewise

Ra’avad:

That nations are like cattle … and who thinks them anything consumptive wind picked up, with like a donkey ‘,’ both nations, as Mr. Marley and all of them will carry the spirit, and thinks them anything consumptive wind picked

R. Zadok the priest from Lublin:

Book, “visiting the barren, YT page, column 3, he wrote:” … and when it comes Messiah … they [Gentiles] will recognize and acknowledge that there is called ‘man’ but in Israel … but in any case, in relation to Israel even now they are a beast … ”

Now I believe highly Balohim”abl these quotes because I feel that God hates me, Abll also I can not believe these quotes were said also to the sons of Noah, that the ratio for those guards seventh commandment pretty well, and so I tend to believe that the intention was for those who maintain seven commandments ,, and because there were simply so those who keep Include all the nations

So I wanted to ask you a small minority also considered an animal guardian?
What are your views?
Thanks?

Shalom Rabbi, since I am aware of seven commandments I perform them, but recently I came across the following quotes:
And language Maimonides Temple vessels and workers at FFA HW: “sum dishes and animals, and nations are likewise

Ra’avad:

That nations are like cattle … and who thinks them anything consumptive wind picked up, with like a donkey ‘,’ both nations, as Mr. Marley and all of them will carry the spirit, and thinks them anything consumptive wind picked

R. Zadok the priest from Lublin:

Book, “visiting the barren, YT page, column 3, he wrote:” … and when it comes Messiah … they [Gentiles] will recognize and acknowledge that there is called ‘man’ but in Israel … but in any case, in relation to Israel even now they are a beast … ”

Now I believe highly Balohim”abl these quotes because I feel that God hates me, Abll also I can not believe these quotes were said also to the sons of Noah, that the ratio for those guards seventh commandment pretty well, and so I tend to believe that the intention was for those who maintain seven commandments ,, and because there were simply so those who keep Include all the nations

So I wanted to ask you a small minority also considered an animal guardian?
What are your views?
Thanks?

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My husband and I have discussed conversion over the past few years. I think the question of conversion comes up because with both want to be closer to HaShem. We spend time studying and praying, and it seems like our conversations generally revolve around HaShem. But we have never made the decision to convert. Not because we think it would be too hard, or that our jobs would interfere, or family wouldn’t understand. Quite the opposite. We already eat clean, and my husband says morning and evening prayers, and we love and look forward to Friday nights, and our families love HaShem, our jobs are flexible both for hours and location. It would almost seem the next logical step. But recently, I have been seeing life in a different light. As a Noahide or a gentile, I am in a unique position to raise a family and live righteously and speak to other people about my life and my faith. Not to just live by example, but to freely express my love for HaShem. It is the Jews job to be the light unto the nations, and the gentile/Noahide to fulfill the correction of the world. I have previously thought that the end result of becoming closer to HaShem and doing His will would necessarily be conversion. And now I am suddenly faced with the idea that Noahides ultimately have a responsibility.
I have read both view points. And while I previously thought I SHOULD convert, I now am uncertain. Is it really a higher spiritual level to covert? A further closeness to HaShem, or can that same spiritual level be achieved by accepting your place in this world, as a Noahide working towards the correction of the nations?

In watching Rabbi Richman’s Introduction to Prayer I noted that he made reference to several prayer books written for Noahides. He stated that some are better than others. My question is which one would he recommend?
Thank you in advance for your answer and thank you so much for this website.
Jan

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Shalom Rabbi,

Some people are of the opinion that there’s no proof for the existence of G-d, but only logical arguments/evidence that point to it. Do you see this as merely semantic problems or are there other issues involved? If there is proof for G-d’s existence, why don’t all people believe in it (I understand proof as “hard” fact which we can produce and point out in the sensible world)? And if there is proof for it, what role does faith/emunah have to play? On the other hand, if there are logical arguments that point to it, why aren’t all logicians (or those who can think logically) unanimous in accepting them? Is this merely due to moral problems (of the logicians) or are there real flaws inherent in such arguments that make them not accepted universally?

Thank you,
Herdian

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You responded to my earlier question thus: “The basis of the veracity of Judaism is the historical fact of Revelation, which left its imprint on the collective identity of the Hebrew people. Any of the articles of faith derive from this point and not from speculative thinking.”

Revelation: Historical fact or a statement of faith? I know of no piece of historical evidence to the existence of the Revelation that would qualify as such in any contemporary scientific community – the “imprint on the collective identity” notwithstanding. Many nations and faith communities in the world believe and have believed many things that many of us would question and doubt. If one chooses to believe that the Revelation actually happened, one is, thankfully, free to do so and thus believe in all that follows onward from there. But proposing a fallacious scientific argument endangers the validity of the whole system. What’s wrong with simply accepting that Jews believe in a Historical Revelation and all that follow thereon? Trying to overstate the case with “fact” that cannot be supported as fact to any contemporary standards does Jewish thought, tradition and yes, belief a severe injustice.

How do I find a Rabbi willing to help a rookie Noahide in Atlanta?

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