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Court for Bnei Noah: What are the Seven Laws?
This
statement is part of a series of twenty requests for piskei din (legal
rulings) that have been submitted to the Beis Din by those who follow
its rulings. While full piskei
din (legal rulings) are in preparation, a brief summary is presented.
The summary below is
not meant to be used as a source for deriving any practical
consequences. It will
be replaced at a later date with a formal ruling.
On the 6th of Tevet, the Beis Din for Bnei Noah was asked:
Q. What are the Seven Laws?
What exactly are the Torah sources for the seven laws?
In
what manner are non-Jews obligated by these verses in the Torah? (Oral
tradition? Rabbinic teaching? Reading the Torah directly? etc)
Answer. The "Seven" laws, as has been well documented, do
not cover all the requirements, as the Talmud explains after briniging
the source which lists the seven. There the Talmud explains that the
list does not contain the positive requirements. The source is Oral
Tradition. As in many other cases, there is some disagreement about
exactly which are the negative precepts which apply to Bnei Noah.
The summary of the Rambam is: Prohibition of: Idolatry, Blasphemy,
Murder, Certain prohibition on Sexual Intercourse, Theft, and Social
Order supported by Rule of Law (in Kings 10,11 the Rambam says that
"Bet Din of Israel should judge the Naohides or appoint Noahide
Judges), and Ever Min HaHai: eating flesh which was cut from a live
animal. [Kings, 9,1] In addition the Rambam lists the prohibition of
Kilayim [Kings, 10,6]
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original
Hebrew decision
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