[net.religion.jewish] Noah's 7 Laws: Source Please

rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) (12/12/85)

I have not rec'd any reply from Mr Teitz by mail after a
couple tries.  I had no indication that their was a mailing
problem.  If you see this Mr T. please forgive the public
address...and of course I value anyone else's info on the
subject

** I originally mailed this to you on 11/20**
** Did you receive it ?  I really would appreciate your
** help here.  Thank You

You recently posted

>	Speak for yourself. I have had an ongoing private correspondence
> with a non Jew who has accepted the 7 Noachide Laws ( which is all that 
> Judaism demands of him ). So there is at least one.
>
>
>			Eliyahu Teitz.
>

Would you share with me the 7 Noachide Laws ? Where do you find them
in what we Christians call the Old Testament ? Do they appear in
some other (extra Biblical) Jewish Document ?

Please and Thank You,

Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}

teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz) (12/18/85)

> Would you share with me the 7 Noachide Laws ? Where do you find them
> in what we Christians call the Old Testament ? Do they appear in
> some other (extra Biblical) Jewish Document ?
> 

	The seven Noahide laws appear in the Bible, following the flood
 story. When Noah leaves the ark, he offers a sacrifice to G-D. After
 this sacrifice, G-D makes a covenant with man saying that the seasons as
 we know them will never cease their order ( during the flood, the seasons
 stopped - there was no winter or summer. Alot is said on this in the
 midrash ).

	After the covenant, G-D rattles off a list of commandments, which
 are the 7 Noahide laws. They are:

	1. Do not worship idols.
	2. Do not commit adultery.
	3. Do not kill.
	4. Do not eat the flesh of an animal that was torn off the
             animal before the animal died.
	5. Do not blaspheme.
	6. Do not steal.
	7. Set up courts.

	The Talmud ( I don't have the exact source at hand ) discusses
 the exact definitions of these laws ( as an example - when someone steals
 something, does he have to steal something that has intrinsic value. Can
 I steal something that has no value and not consider it stealing ).

	One last note. I tried sending this response privately ( twice ).
 I guess there is a problem.

			Eliyahu Teitz.