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For August 10th 2022 Verse 16: כַּבֵּ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יי אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יָמֶ֗יךָ וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יי אֱ"לֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ "Honor your father and your mother, as your G-d has commanded you, that you may long endure, and that you may fare well, in the land that your G-d is assigning to you." It is clear that it is forbidden for a Noahide to shame his parents, because it goes against logical human respect. As we can see in the story of Cham (Genesis 9:22), who shamed his father Noah. From logical reasoning, it is quite possible that honoring parents is an intellectual obligation for a Noahide, just like charity. It is necessary to establish a proper society and laws (dinim). So a Noahide do have a logically mitzvah to honoring one’s parents. Aas we can read in Sefer Ha-Chinuch: "It is appropriate for a person to recognize and do kindness with those who have done so for him. One should not act as a degenerate, alienating [those who have helped him] and being ungrateful, for this is a bad and completely repulsive trait before both God and man. One should remember that his father and mother are the cause of him being in this world. Therefore, in truth, he should accord them all due respect and benefit, for they brought him into this world." There are many ways/rules how we should do this. The most basic one is to make sure our parents have their basic needs when they are older. One of the reasons it is not explicitly mentioned in the 7 Noahide laws and is in the 10 Commandments is the transmission of basic religious values. On the 2 Stone tablets we see that on the first are the commandments between G-d and man and on the second are the commandments between man and man. However, the commandment to honor parents is last on the first. This is to show that parents and G-d work together in creation of the child, but also that parents have the role of giving their children the proper guidance to their religious obligations. And the latter is often precisely not desired by Noahides, whose parents in many cases are not Noahides. And their religious values and norms should precisely not be passed on their children. Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources Sefaria Likkutei Sichot deel 5 blz. 154; Sefer Ha-Chinuch 33 Chabad Articles: 110101 © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

By Rabbi Benny Zippel 102nd U.S. Congress (1991-1992), House Joint Resolution H.J.RES.104.ENR designating March 26, 1991, as Education Day, U.S.A.: “Congress recognizes the historical tradition of ethical values and principles which are the basis of civilized society and upon which our great Nation was founded … these ethical values and principles that have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization, when they were known as the Seven Noahide Laws.” The universality of these principles and global import was recognized in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan when he spoke of “the eternal validity of the Seven Noahide Laws [as] a moral code for all of us regardless of religious faith” (Proclamation on the National Day of Reflection, April 4, 1982). Seven years later, in 1989, President George H.W. Bush not only proclaimed that these “Biblical values are the foundation for civilized society,” but he also recognized that “A society that fails to recognize or adhere to them cannot endure.” He understood how these “principles of moral and ethical conduct that have formed the basis for all civilizations comes to us, in part, from the centuries old Seven Noahide Laws.” And, in doing so, he noted their origins: “The Noahide Laws are actually seven commandments given to man by G-d, as recorded in the Old Testament. …” (Proclamation 5956-Education Day, USA 1989 and 1990, 102 Stat. 3016, April 14, 1989) Both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States Congress in 1991, on a [unanimous] bipartisan basis, further recognized how this “historical tradition of ethical values and principles…upon which our great Nation was founded … have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization, when they were known as the Seven Noahide Laws.” The American Congress understood how “the most recent weakening of these principles … has resulted in crises that beleaguer and threaten the fabric of civilized society.” Thus, they warned us that “without these ethical values and principles the edifice of civilization stands in serious peril of returning to chaos.” (Public Law 102-14, 102d Congress, 1st session, H.J. Res. 104) Other world leaders have joined the call for further observance and knowledge of these laws. For example, Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Union wrote (in July, 2014) that he seeks greater “dissemination of the universal values known as the Noahide Laws,” and Major General Michael Jeffery, Governor General of Australia, lamenting family breakdowns and drug and alcohol abuse in modern society in a 2008 letter, wrote that he believed that observing the fundamental values of the Noahide Laws can be an antidote to such ills of society. We only need to look at the havoc in which we find ourselves living today in order to recognize the validity of these truthful assertions. Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets Sources The site www.jifga.org includes information on recognition which the Noahide Commandments have received from leaders in a number of countries. This essay is reprinted from http://www.jifga.org/government-leaders-and-the-seven-noahide-laws.html, with permission from the Director of J.I.F.G.A. to Asknoah.org and NoahideAcademy.org © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

The Torah Tradition Teaches Although G-d created the world giving people free choice, He also gave humans the guidance needed to do good: the 7 Noahide Mitzvot, which predate all other legal codes, and establish an objective definition of “good” which applies to all people. G-d has always been concerned and involved with all the nations of the world. Although six of the seven universal mitzvot were given to Adam and Hava (Eve), they are called the Noahide Mitzvot because all seven were given by G-d to Noah after the Flood. The Tradition of the Noahide Code The Noahide Code has been preserved for the Bnei Noah – the Children of Noah – who are to believe (as a foundational principle) the Torah’s teaching that they are commanded to learn and follow these 7 Mitzvot (Commandments). Righteous Gentiles, whom the Torah Sages called the “pious among the nations of the world” (hasidei umot ha’olam), accept their obligation to observe the Seven Laws of Noah as the Will of G-d for all Gentiles, which He communicated in His Torah. Guidelines For Every person According to Torah, the 7 Laws of Noah were given for all the descendants of Noah. The Noahide Code (the 7 Mitzvot with their many offshoots and practical applications) is discussed at length in the Oral Torah. The Noahide Code serves as a guide to all people for how they are to live in a moral way in G-d’s eyes among their fellow humans, among animals and the rest of the natural world, and before G-d. The Jewish Mitzvot are almost all stated explicitly in the Five Books of Moses (the Chumash), whereas several of the Noahide Mitzvot can be found in the text of the Hebrew Bible only with the help of teachings from the Oral Torah. Faithful observant Jews who have access to the Oral Torah tradition are assigned by G-d with the mission to teach all people in the world about the Noahide Laws, which are key to bringing about world peace through orderly and G-d fearing societies. The Seven Noahide Commandments The Noahide Laws are considered in the Torah tradition to be G-d’s Law for all human beings. However, relatively few outside of Orthodox Judaism and the growing number of Bnei Noah groups are aware of these rules. “Bnei Noah,” which literally means “the Children of Noah” are all Non-Jews, but it is also used to specifically refer to those who follow the 7 Laws of Noah. The “Sheva Mitzvot Bnei Noah,” or the Seven Laws of Noah, is a set of essential social, moral, and legal principles, based on monotheism and binding upon every person. According to the Torah tradition, these Divine Laws are the foundational, minimal requirement for everyone to follow so that a society is humane and can function properly and in a civil and orderly manner. The Jewish People was entrusted with the purpose to be a “light unto the nations”. This means that our identity is defined by the 613 Commandments of the Torah and our function is to teach humanity the Seven Universal Noahide Commandments. This is in order for you to get full access to the divine tools inside of you and fulfill your divine image, and accomplish your purpose: “To Make this World a Dwelling place for HaShem“. The U.S. Congress The 102nd U.S. Congress cited the Seven Noahide Laws in a unanimous resolution that was signed by President George H.W. Bush as Joint Resolution 102-14. It states that the United States of America was founded upon “the historical tradition of ethical values and principles which are the basis of civilized society… [which] have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization, when they were known as the Seven Noahide Laws.” Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets Source: Ask Noah International © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further.

"From there you shall seek Hashem your G-d and you will find Him, but you must search for Him with all your heart and all your soul" (Deuteronomy 4:29). The Kotzker Rebbe taught that even after you have found Hashem, you must continue to seek Him wholeheartedly. This is because He is infinite, and you may think that you have discovered Him, but there is always so much more. By Rabbi Michael Skobac Rabbi Michael Skobac had been involved with Jews for Judaism (Canada) since 1989 and currently serves as its Director of Education and Counselling. He is a leading authority on missionaries, cults and issues relating to Jewish continuity and Jewish spirituality. Rabbi Skobac's publications include Missionary Impossible; Counter-Missionary Survival Guide; The DaVinci Code: A Jewish Perspetive; and Intermarriage: Is There Ligth at teh End of the Tunnel? © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy. Republished by Angelique Sijbolts with permission for the Noahide Academy.

What Is Tisha B’Av? Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av (August 6-7, 2022), is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, on which the Jewish people observe total fasting for a full day, deprive themselves and pray. It is the culmination of the Three Weeks, a period of time which marked the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. What Happened on 9 Av? 1313 BCE: The spies returned from the Promised Land with frightening reports, and the Israelites balked at the prospect of entering the land. G‑d decreed that they would therefore wander in the desert for 40 years. Both Holy Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed on this date. The First Temple was burned by the Babylonians in 423 BCE and the Second Temple fell to the Romans in 70 CE, unleashing a period of suffering from which our nation has never fully recovered. The Bar Kochba revolt against the Romans in 133 CE ended in defeat: The Jews of Betar were butchered on the 9th of Av and the Temple Mount was plowed one year later on the same date. Later on in our history, many more tragedies happened on this day, including the 1290 expulsion of England’s Jews and the 1492 banishment of all Jews from Spain. How 9 Av Is Observed? The Talmud teaches us that if the Romans had realized how many blessings are also received for the nations through the Temple, they would never have destroyed it. Thanks, for example, that at Sukkot 70 bulls were sacrificed for peace for the nations. Because Noahides do realize this, they mourn over the destruction of the Temple. Noahides who also wish to fast may keep a half fast. That is, to abstain from eating and/or drinking for a short period of the day - say, after sunrise until 12 noon. Noahides may read these traditional readings for Tish’a B’Av from the Tanach (Hebrew Bible): – the Book of Lamentations (written by Jeremiah) – the Book of Job Everyone can and certainly should increase in deeds of goodness and kindness for others, especially in giving donations to proper charities (which are not in conflict with Torah laws or morals). It is also important to pray to G-d for the coming of Moshiach (the Messiah) and the building of the Third Beis Hamikdash (the Holy Temple), since it will bring great blessings to the whole world in the Messianic Era. It was for this reason that Rabbi Akiva did not weep but laughed when the Temple was destroyed. He explained to his friends that as long as the prophecy of destruction (Micah 3:12) [of Jerusalem] was not fulfilled he was concerned that the prophecy of redemption would not be fulfilled either. But when he saw that the destruction had indeed taken place, he was sure that the prophecy of Zechariah (8:4) [concerning the rebuilding of the Temple] will also be fulfilled. The Jewish scholars tell us, that one of the most important questions asked by the Heavenly court is whether we have been looking forward to the redemption, to the Messiah and the rebuilding of the holy Temple. Let us look forward to the rebuilding of the third Temple, for it will be a place of worship for all nations. Isaiah 56:7 Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources What is Tisha B'Av Article by Yoel Schukmann What readings are relevant for Noahides on Tisha B’Av? © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

Why is it so important to be happy in any situation and at any given time? When we are happy, we get new and fresh forces to do the right things. Joy gives us the strength to always focus on the positive side and not on the negative, to see the good in others, and to be filled with positive emotions. Our thoughts play a key role in shaping emotions. We can choose not to listen to negative thoughts and try to think only positive thoughts. There is no point fighting the negative thought itself. The solution is simple, to engage ourselves in a more positive matter. It all begins with the self-awareness of the Unity and oneness of the Creator. Which is actually the first Noahide commandment. Joy is a necessary part of our service to G-d. We are proud to learn and observe the 7 commandments. Such a joyful approach will give us a large dose of positive energy that eases the daily struggle of each and every one of us. Believing in the presence of the Creator who is with us every moment brings great joy. Imagine you are standing next to the greatest king in the world. Is there any value then to trivial things? definitely not. Because when you are next to a great king everything becomes small and meaningless. We are at every moment near the infinite Creator. This causes us to see things in a broader and deeper way, to give less importance to the things that prevent us from being happy. The entire creation is filled with an infinite divine presence at every moment. When we are aware of this infinite presence, any event in life cannot shake us. The fact that the Creator is the essence of good and the nature of good to be good allows us to accept everything and to be truly happy. About the time of the Messiah, it is said: "Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy." (Psalm 126.2) meaning joy will then rule our life. Brought By Rabbi Moshe Bernestein Rabbi Moshe Bernestein is a writer and a Community Rabbi in Netanya, Israel. He believes in making connections between the Jewish People and the Noahides worldwide in order to share and enhance the knowledge of the Torah's Universal Code for Humanity and fulfil Isaiah's Prophecy 11:9 " And the world will be filled with the knowledge of G-d as the waters cover the oceans". More from Rabbi Moshe Bernestein © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

For August 8th 2022 Verse: 23 Take care, then, not to forget the covenant that your G-d concluded with you, and not to make for yourselves a sculptured image in any likeness, against which your G-d has enjoined you. This verse teaches the Jewish people that they are not to make images of God. This also applies to Noahides. The Divine Code page 141: It is forbidden to make for onself or for others a statue or an image of an actual idol that people worship, whether one makes it himslef, or tells others to make it form him, even if he does not intend to serve it. Not making an image of G-d can also be drawn further than just a physical image. We should also not create an image of G-d in our mindsIn any way, not with physical, emotional or psychological elements. When the Scriptures speak for example of a "hand of G-d" than that is used as an image so that we can realize it, as for example a form of action. And G-d's "emotions" are not like our emotions. We are either angry or happy, but with G-d everything is a Oneness. But even in this the Scriptures use language so that we can understand a little. So any image, fantasy or form we make of G-d in our minds detracts from His Greatness and Oneness, a Greatness and Oneness that is beyond our comprehension. Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources Seven Gates of Righteous knowledge, Gate of Prayer Sefaria © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

For August 6th 2022 Verse 7: Indeed, I was created with the potential to do wrong, and my mother conceived me with the potential to sin - because all mankind is created with desire for sin. There are several commentaries on this verse. Some more positive than others. This one from the Chabadapp Tehillim is very beautiful and positive. A person is not born with "original sin" but with the potential to do wrong but also with the potential to do good. We have a choice every day to sin or to live according to the Will of G-d that He has given us through His Torah. We see this in verse 12 where King David asks God to take away his evil inclination. Without this evil inclination, the potential to do bad is gone because man is no longer self-centered and focused on his own needs but man can sincerely serve the Eternal because his heart is focused on His Will. Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources Sefaria © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

The Obligation to have mercy on a animal The prohibition of eating any part of a live animal The prohibition against eating meat from a live animal is an important one. Eating a small piece of meat is an offence. How do we know for sure that an animal is dead? The time of an animal's death is defined as the moment when the heart stops beating permanently. As long as the heart is still beating, the animal is considered alive because its soul is still present in the animal and it is forbidden to cut off the animal's flesh or cut off its limbs. Leviticus 17:11,14.: “But flesh with its soul, its blood, you shall not eat” and “The blood is the soul”. Can we tell that an animal has died? If it lies lifeless and motionless and not breathing then we can assume that it has died. And if his jugular vein or other large blood vessel is severed with an open cut and the blood no longer flows out vigorously, but only seeps out of the cut vessel. Noahides must be vigilant in purchasing their meat from slaughterhouses and examining whether the animals are killed and slaughtered appropriately. Be careful with the meat you eat. Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources The Divine Code © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

Divine Code for July 24th 2022 Today Page 66 From topic 4:3 to 4:5 A Noahide boy as young as 13 and a girl as young as 12, with normal mental development, is not obligated to give up his/her life in order not to transgress the commandments, other than for committing murder, injury or rape. "For your own blood is not redder than the blood of your neighbor," meaning that when it comes to life it is only G-d who determines who lives and who does not. Altough a Noahide is not obligated to sacrifice his life for the sanctification of G-d's Name - for example to avoid commiting idolatry at the cost of his life - it is permissible for him to do so, and this is not considered suicide. (Page 332 topic 2:9) Reading schedule the Divine Code Yesterday: Topic 4:1-4:2 Tomorrow: Topic 4:6-4:9 Previous Next Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources The Divine Code © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

National holidays that are connected with idolatry should, of course, not be celebrated by Noahides. However, it is definitely permissible for Noahides to participate in days that are set aside by their nation for remembering to praise and give thanks to the One True G-d, such as a Thanksgiving Day and their National Day of Prayer, and to strengthen logically incumbent precepts, such as honoring parents on Mothers Day and Fathers Day, or national days for doing acts of charity. Also, celebrating secular activities and commemorating historical events, even if they involve a festive meal, are permissible for Noahides [for example, the Independence Day of your own country, such as July 4th in the US]. On the other hand, the permissibility for Noahides to observe any aspects of Jewish holy days, or non-Torah holiday celebrations, must be examined, for each of those observances according to its own nature. The criteria for what is permissible are explained in the chapter on “The Prohibition Against Making a New Religion or Adding a Commandment,” in the book “The Divine Code,” by Rabbi Moshe Weiner of Jerusalem (p. 66-67): “if a Gentile abstains from weekday activities and makes a sabbath for himself, even on a weekday, he is liable [for making a new religion or adding a new commandment]. This obviously includes one who establishes a ‘holy day’ for himself that is similar to the holy days and Sabbaths of the Jews, which are religious holidays (i.e. ‘a holy assembly’ day, during which he prohibits himself from work), since this is creating for himself a new religion. Not only is taking on a sabbath day forbidden, but even the setting aside of any day for a specific religious observance or statute, such as one who establishes for himself a time to eat a special food as a precept (e.g., eating unleavened bread on Passover), or to fast on a specific day (e.g., the Jewish fast day of Yom Kippur), and the like. Even if he did not also set it aside as a sabbath or festival day (i.e., for refraining from work), this is considered as creating a festival and a religion from his own comprehension. However, if he sets up for himself a day of rest from work, not as a holiday but just as a break from work, it is permissible, for he is not establishing it as a religious precept from his own comprehension… But if a Gentile wants to eat unleavened bread or sit in a sukkah booth for his pleasure (e.g., if he likes eating unleavened bread, or sitting in a sukkah booth because of the heat of the day), he is allowed to. This is so even during the Jewish holy days, since he does not intend at all to observe the Jewish commandment, but he does the action only for his own satisfaction, and he is not establishing a festival for himself.” Note: For Gentiles, there is no problem with simply acknowledging the special quality which G-d assigns to the Seventh Day or Jewish festival days. And there is no problem for them to do any normal activity in a nicer way, and having in mind to honor the day by doing so. Here are a few examples: – just resting for the sake of one’s own physical rest and relaxation, or taking a day off from one’s job if permitted by the employer, or vacationing – [as stated by Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet o.b.m.] eating a very nice meal after sunset on Friday and/or during the day on Saturday (which can include lighting candles on the table during either of those times to beautify the meal) – wearing nicer clothes In general, observant Noahides can (but are not required to) commemorate those Jewish festivals that in some way relate to Gentiles and the overall spiritual missions that G-d assigns for them. There are some of the Jewish festivals that Noahides have more of a connection to, and they can honor these as special days (for example, with prayers and selected Torah reading): for example, Rosh HaShanah (the annual Day of Judgment for all people), and Sukkot (the annual time of judgment for the rainfall that each nation will receive, which is also characterized by the themes of unity and joy). Since a Noahide is encouraged to always publicize the greatness of G-d (as exemplified by the way of Abraham, who made G-d known to all people), displaying the candles of Hanukkah to public view (without making a blessing) is one practical way of accomplishing this good deed, since they are a reminder of G-d’s miracles in the world. The practical benefit it achieves is to help in the goal of perfecting the world through revealing the sovereignty of the Al-mighty, and His active miraculous influence on world events. But you should be aware that these days are not to be commemorated by Noahides in the same way that they are commanded to be fully observed by Jews. For instance, a Noahide should not refrain from normal activities on the Jewish holy days or Sabbath, and should not perform those Jewish commandments that are religious only, and have no practical benefit for Noahides (for example, waiving the four species of plants during the Festival of Sukkot, or fasting on Yom Kippur). The Jewish festival days of Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, Yom Kippur, Purim and Shavuot have little relevance to Noahides, other than as reminders of constantly-relevant general Torah principles. By Rabbi Dr. Michael Schulman Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets Sources: Ask Noah International © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

By Rabbi Benny Rapoport A Summary of the Book of Deuteronomy Sefer Devarim By Menachem Posner Nearing his 120th birthday, Moses, the wise leader of 40 years, gets personal with his flock, many of whom were not yet alive at the Exodus. Not just conveying messages from G‑d, but talking to his people from his perspective. The fifth of the Five Books of Moses, the Book of Deuteronomy primarily contains Moses’ last will and testament to the Children of Israel as they are poised to enter the Promised Land. In Hebrew the book is commonly referred to as Devarim, meaning “words” or “things,” based on the opening line, “And these are the words that Moses spoke to the children of Israel.” Since Moses uses this book to recount many events and commandments previously recorded in the other books of the Torah, it is also known as Mishneh Torah, “a second Torah,” or Deuteronomy (from the Greek words for “second law”). Addressing the Jewish people, Moses revisits many of the high points and low points in the Jews’ 40-year sojourn in the desert. He uses the opportunity to urge the people to follow the mitzvahs and live a G‑dly life. Many mitzvahs and laws are also found here. Some are repeated from the previous books; others are taught here for the first time.Some Major Landmarks The 10 Commandments: Moses recounts the event at Sinai, and repeats the 10 Commandments with some minor additional explanations. Shema: The verse that has become central to Jewish worship and belief, “Hear O Israel, the L‑rd is our G‑d, the L‑rd is one,” is followed by the paragraph of Veahavta, where we are told to love G‑d, learn Torah, recite the Shema, teach our children, wear tefillin and affix mezuzahs. Shirat Haazinu: The penultimate portion, Haazinu, is largely a poetic song (arranged in two side-by-side columns) in which Moses exhorts the people to remain faithful to G‑d and admonishes them for not doing so. Finally, Moses delivers an individual message and blessing to each of the tribes.6 The last lines of the book tell us of Moses’ passing, and how G‑d Himself buried Moses in an unknown place on Mt. Nebo. Who wrote those last lines? According to one Talmudic tradition, those eight verses were written by Joshua after Moses’ death. Others, however, say that G‑d dictated them to Moses, who transcribed them in tears. The Torah contains two parts, the Written Torah and the Oral Tradition (which was first committed to writing in the Talmudic era). Deuteronomy, which is Moses’ written transcript of his oral exhortation, bridges these two bodies of Torah. By Menachem Posner © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with Chabad.org's and the Noahide Academy copyright policy. FOOTNOTES 1.1:1. 2.The words are actually found in 17:18. 3.5:6–18. 4.6:4–9. 5.32:1–43. 6.Chapter 33. 7.34:5–12.

For August 5th 2022 Verse 2: G-d, we heard with our own ears; our fathers told us what they heard from their fathers. They told us of all the miraculous deeds You did in their days, in days of old, when they entered the Land of Israel for the first time. The history was passed down from father to son, mother to daughter. Not only the history of the miracles and the conquest of the land, but also the receiving of the Torah. The testimony of a group of millions of people makes it impossible to deny the event at Mount Sinai. Everyone was witness to the fact that it was ultimately Moses who was allowed to receive the written and oral Torah. He passed it on to Joshua, who passed it on to the elders of the people. Then it was passed on to the Prophets, then to the Men of the Great Assembly: for example prophets like Daniel, Malachi. the Tannaim: for instance Rabbi Yehuda the Prince the Gaonim: for example Rabbi Chanan of Ashkaya, the Rishonim, for example Rabbi Moses ben Maimon. the Acharonim: for example Rabbi Yosef Caro - writer of the Aruch Shulchan (the Code of Jewish Law) the Orthodox Rabbis of today, like in my eyes, Rabbi Moshe Weiner. They are our unbroken chain, Mesorah, after the Torah given at Sinai. Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources The Divine Code Chabad Articles: 5124673 © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

Knowing that things are well arranged creates a feeling of inner satisfaction and confidence that everything is under control. Order helps you find things when you need them and saves you the time you would lose looking for them. Many things will only function if they are arranged correctly, like a machine that requires every one of its parts to be in good working order - and often in a specific sequence - to run properly. (Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler) The Eternal One created all that is, all in an established order. First the heavens, then the earth, the water, the land, etc. Even when we look at the "laws" of nature we see that everything has a logical order. For example, every morning the sun rises and every evening it sets. Everything has its logical place, a stone you expect on the ground, not in the air, wool you expect on a sheep not on a tree. And everything has its logical time. A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven: A time for giving birth and a time for dying, A time for planting and a time for uprooting the planted;... A time for weeping and a time for laughing, A time for wailing and a time for dancing; A time for throwing stones and a time for gathering stones (Ecclesiastes 3) Because we are formed in His image, we must also make order in our lives. Give a fixed time to things, establish order of importance, see what the right order is to do things. All this will give peace and space to have time for the most important things in our lives. Being in relationship with the Eternal One and making a world of order instead of chaos. Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources Holy Day, Every Day Sefaria © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

Genesis 1:36 "And God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness. They shall rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the cattle, the whole earth, and all the creeping things that creep on earth.”" A question frequently asked is who is meant by “Us ”. After all, Jews and Noahides believe in the fact that G-d is one. It is the basic foundation and the second principle of faith as the Rambam writes: “The belief in G‑d's absolute and unparalleled unity.” Jews pray the Shema Israel, HaShem, Echad every day, saying: Hear Israel, our G-d is One. Noahide can recite the prayer of acceptance of God's Unity and Kingship every day, saying: Almighty G-d, we accept upon ourselves that which is written in your Torah: “You sall know this day and take to your heart that G-d [alone] is G-d, in the heavens above and on the earth below- there is none other! G-d is one, and only can be on, and not two or more. When there were the possibility of multiple gods, the would be limited to some type of spiritual body and form, and would have limitations. But G-d has non Body of Form As Rambam writes: "The belief in G-d's non-corporeality, nor that He will be affected by any physical occurrences, such as movement, or rest, or dwelling." And G-d has non limits or boundaries. He is everywhere, as Psalms 136:7-8 says: "Where can I escape from Your spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I descend to Sheol, You are there too" And nothing is beyond His reach or ability, as Jeremiah 32:17 says: “Ah, L-rd G-D! You made heaven and earth with Your great might and outstretched arm. Nothing is too wondrous for You! Then why does it say to "Our" and not to "My "image There are several wonderful points of view on this. From Rasbam we can learn that G-d here shows His humility and consults with His angels about the creation of man. We see more often in the Tenach that when G-d speaks as the Creator-King and speaks to His ministering angels who are with Him and to whom He refers, a plural is used. See for example: Genesis 3; 22, 11: 7, Isaiah 6: 8, 1 Kings 22: 19-23, Job 15: 8, and Jeremiah 23:18. From Ramban we can learn how precious man is to G-d. Everything was created from nothing on the first day of creation, and on the other days everything came to further development. Except with man, man received special attention from G-d in His work of creation. He made him with extra care and attention because everything what was made, came from the physical of the earth. But man was made from the dust of the earth but also received the breath of life from G-d, which makes him a spiritual being and a physical being. “Us” refers to G-d and the earth. Or Hachaim points out that G-d has 13 attributes [such as grace, mercy etc.] and that He created man with these attributes and with His Name, Elokim, expressing judgment. The next verse immediately shows the Oneness of G-d, for when man is created it is G-d who does so, in a grammatical singular form. So that there can be no misunderstanding that there is really only One G-d. "And God created humankind in the divine image, creating it in the image of God..." Brought By Angelique Sijbolts Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano. More from Angelique Sijbolts Sources Sefaria: Or HaChaim on Genesis 1:26:1, Ramban on Genesis 1:26:1 The Divine Code p. 42 Seven Gates of Righteous Knowledge p. 187 The Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith Lets get biblical: volume 2 © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

ALL YOU GOT After 125 years you go up to heaven, you climb all those stairs they won't ask you were you wise like solomon they won't ask you were you strong like samson oh no.... they'll ask just one question and you'll give just one answer it's the end of the game and only one thing matters, they'll say did you give it all you got cuz in this life you only have what you got so give it give it give it all you got in this world we only have, we only have what we got so give it give it give it all you got if you say it's easy i'll say its not you gotta give it a.y.g. if you say its not for you, i'll say its your lot you gotta give it a.y.g. if you say you're tired i'll say tick tock you gotta give it a.y.g. and you could put my album on the shelf to rot, just give it a.y.g. after working so hard and wiping those tears you look in the mirror you face all your fears don't be a fool trying to be wise like solomon only the weak try to be strong like samson oh no... I did what i said i got no one to blame only one thing matters at the end of the game they'll say... did you give it all you got.. chorus no need to put my album on the shelf to rot, just give it all you got The title track from 8th Day's latest album, enjoy this incredible blend of animation with live action music video. Animation - Annita Soble DP - Yoni Oscherowitz Produced by - Bentzi Marcus, Shmuel Marcus

"Ezri" Avraham Fried, Benny Friedman and Eli Marcus Compositor: Avraham Fried

I see the sun come up this morning I hear my children laughing as they play The trees start singing without warning It's gonna be a wonderful day You know I got no patience for complaining To stop and kvetch 'bout all the bills I have to pay Cause even when there should be sunshine but it's raining My feet will dance me to the kretchma anyway So מה נשמע? ‎!’ברוך ה Как дела? ‎!’ברוך ה The blessings, they're coming But you keep on running Just stop! and sing! раз два три! (one, two, three!) хорошо хорошо слава Богу хорошо Life is good Life is great It's a chance to celebrate хорошо хорошо It's a party, it's a ball And ain't nothin' gonna get me down at all хорошо хорошо слава Богу хорошо Life is good Life is great ‎אויף צו להכעיס all the hate хорошо хорошо It's a party, it's a ball And these three little words they say it all хорошо хорошо хорошо хорошо слава Богу хорошо, слава Богу слава Богу хорошо So if it happens that you're starting to feel dreary Or if your pot of borscht has gotten burnt Before you go and start to get all sad and teary There's a very special lesson to be learned Because not only when the sun is out and shining Or when you're acing everything you try to do The Master Plan is more than just a silver lining It's a golden world created just for you ‎וואָס מאַכט אַ איד? ‎!’ברוך ה So how are the kids? ‎!’ברוך ה We hope for the day When the whole world will stand up and say хорошо хорошо слава Богу хорошо From the bottom of my heart From the finish to the start хорошо хорошо Life is holy, life is pure And every note I sing it's You I'm singing for хорошо хорошо слава Богу хорошо For the blessings in my life For my אשת חיל wife хорошо хорошо Every hour, every day Every breath I have I'll use only to say хорошо When your heart begins to dance хорошо Every breath's another chance хорошо хорошо слава Богу хорошо, слава Богу слава Богу хорошо хорошо хорошо слава Богу хорошо Здесь друзья и семья, Время праздновать пришло! Хорошо, хорошо Жить, любить, смеяться, петь! И не просто жить, А очень хорошо! By Benny Friedman Composed by: Yitzy Waldner Written by: Benny Friedman, Aliza Spiro, Mottel Friedman, Julia Miroshnichenko Song Directed by: Avram Zamist Musical Production by: Daniel Kapler

A TYH Nation / Farbrengable Studios Production / Mendy Portnoy After three years of singing Thank You Hashem and internalizing that everything is from Him, we are blessed with another Simcha. It’s in these moments that we look up to Hashem and sing a new tune “It's all from you” Ain Od Milvado. Artist: Betzalel Levin Composed by The Blumstein Brothers Music Produced and Arranged by Mendy Portnoy Lyric Video by Rafi Barides Design: Yakov Josephy

Jon Voight is an Observant Noahide The general rule is that it is obligatory for a Gentile to learn the seven commandments that he is commanded to do, and he should learn them very well, to know what is permitted and prohibited for him. He is permitted to learn them even in a way of “delving into them,” meaning deeply learning to understand the reasons and the details within the Noahide Code. But in regard to the rest of the commandments of the Torah (i.e. the Jewish commandments), he is allowed to learn about them for the sake of understanding them, whether from the text of the Written Torah or the Oral Torah, but not in a way of in-depth learning or penetrating investigative learning (i.e. pilpul, which is the Jewish style of learning Talmud). Rather, a Gentile is permitted to learn from books in a language he understands, on topics that are written in a concise and clear way. An example would be a proper translation of the text of the Mishneh Torah by Rambam, which presents Torah-law decisions, but not the inner reasons or the details of how the derived rulings were decided by the Sages (including Rambam himself). If a Gentile does not understand what is permissible for him to learn, he should ask an observant Jewish Torah scholar to explain it to him. Therefore, if one does not understand a point in any text that he may read or study that is mentioned in this chapter, he is permitted to ask a reliable and observant Jewish Torah scholar to explain it to him. Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

"I wish to thank you so much, and to encourage you to continue your lectures, regarding your Sunday Lectures concerning the Noahide Code. There are more people out there listening than you perhaps are aware of. Your Sunday lectures are the high point of my Sunday. They are each an inspiration for me, and each are a further inducement to attempt to live a more perfect life, and to try harder to satisfy Hashem. As I told you, in my past posts, I am congenitally blind, and was born with a condition which causes it to be impossible for me to see, ever, in this life. As we who are blind, are spiritually “dead”, I wondered why Hashem would cause it to be impractical, if not impossible, for me to make a truly successful conversion to Judaism. I received the insight. While listening to your most recent lecture. It is the quality of service which is most appreciated by Hashem. Therefore, it is better to serve Hashem from a lower position spiritually, and to give Him a higher quality of service. Then to attempt to serve Him from a higher position, If the quality of service suffers. Perhaps to the point of losing my position in the after world altogether. The highest quality of service I could perform, which would be most pleasing to Hashem would be to remain a Noahide person. Being such, for me, is not to be placed in an inferior status. As I had previously assumed, and my total blindness was, by no means, a “slap in the face” from Hashem. Because Hashem put the exact noahide soul in to this body, which He chose for it to have. It is not for me to question his reasoning behind his actions. But, only to serve Him as best as I am able to do. In the state of being in which I find myself. For this insight, I wish to thank you. Because it was your lecture this day, which led me to receive such. I will attempt as best as I can, not to feel envious of the position Jewish people hold in the world to come. Because I should learn, in this life, to be satisfied with that which I am given by Hashem. Rather than to attempt to strive for more than He feels it is best for me to receive. If I were to be granted my wish to convert, I should most likely be most unhappy. Constantly wondering whether I made the correct decision concerning pleasing Hashem most, and whether or not my decision were based on pride and envy of the Jews position in the world to come. I should never want to make a conscious choice to displease Hashem. Who has always, and continues to give me more than I could ever hope for in this life. Showering me constantly with His enormous love and support. Thank you for the grand and the most marvelous service you provide to us. Who would surely be spiritually lost without the services you provide to us Noahides." By... an Angel Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

After the Flood, G-d established the Covenant of the Rainbow with Noah and all the world’s creatures. This covenant is not dependent on mankind’s observance of the Seven Laws of Noah. Rather, the Noahide Code established the context and the eventual goal for a renewed world in which this covenant could be the open and enduring expression of G-d’s love for His creation. It was G-d’s promise to all living creatures that He would never again obliterate all land-life from the world, as stated in Gen. 9:11, “never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” The Covenant of the Rainbow has an inner meaning as well: it was G-d’s promise that He would always accept a person’s sincere personal repentance if it was directed to Him. From that point on, G-d endowed mankind with the ability to seek and gain His forgiveness, and with this He insured that a person’s freedom to choose good includes the strength to prevail over animalistic and self-centered desires. Still, the Seven Laws received by Noah could have been challenged at a later time by any charismatic misleader who also claimed to be a prophet, and how would a person know which course to follow? This points to the singular importance of the revelation at Mount Sinai to the Jewish people, 50 days after G-d brought them out from slavery in Egypt. At Mount Sinai, the Creator revealed Himself to a nation of at least three million people, making them all witnesses to testify to their future children and the world, so that no person in any generation could arise to seriously refute the prophecy and instruction which Moses received, which is called the Torah. Included in the Torah was the Noahide Code, to be preserved for the generations of mankind. The entire Book of Genesis, and the Book of Exodus up to and including the arrival of the Israelites at Mount Sinai, were dictated by G-d to Moses when they arrived there. There was then a first covenant made between G-d and the Israelites on that first part of the Written Torah, which included their acceptance of the Noahide Code. Thus, the universal Divine moral code of seven commandments was renewed, after it had become neglected by the nations. That was four days before the Ten Commandments were spoken openly by G-d to all of the Israelites, at which point they became the Jewish people. At Mount Sinai, G-d taught the essentials of the Torah’s precepts through Moses, and this is called the Oral Torah. Included in this are the details of G-d’s directive for all Gentiles to observe their Seven Noahide Commandments. These details, as G-d specified them to Moses, are the true foundation of the universal Noahide Code. A righteous Gentile merits to receive a place in the eternal future World to Come, in the Messianic Era, through obser-vance of these commandments. That is a Gentile’s part in the Torah of Moses, which is G-d’s “Tree of Life” (Proverbs 3:18). It all begins with recognizing the perfect Unity of the Creator. Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets Sources: "Good for You" from Ask Noah International © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

The fact that there is an existence of male and female creations within the physical world is a reflection of the fact that there are two different types of spiritual attributes that exist in the spiritual realms. ​ The “masculine” type of G-dly attributes take the spiritual beneficence that is flowing to them from above and give it over to the “feminine” type of attributes. The “feminine”-type attributes receive the beneficence from the “masculine”-type attributes, and in this way the flow of Divine beneficence can be successively diminished and passed on to create and sustain the spiritual beings and spiritual worlds on successively lower heavenly levels. Through this process, an appropriately small amount of the powerful creative life-force from G-d reaches our limited physical world. ​ In this context, each of the G-dly attributes has a “masculine” or “feminine” nature, depending on whether its main tendency is to give over or receive the flow of Divine beneficence. More generally, the G-dly attribute of Sovereignty/Kingship (Malchus in Hebrew) is the main “feminine” (i.e. receiving) aspect, and the other six emotional attributes as a group comprise the main “masculine” aspect (which gives over the beneficence that flows down from above). In this way, G-d manifests Himself as a “kind” King, or a “mighty” King, or a “merciful” King, etc., over the created beings. ​ In the more common context by which G-d is referred to as “He” in Biblical verses and in our praises and conversations, mankind and each individual whom G-d creates corresponds to the recipient “she.” In that capacity, we arouse G-d to send blessings to us by our heartfelt prayers, by our dutiful fulfillment of our Divine commandments, and by our merciful acts of goodness and kindness to others. Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy. ​

It is an obligation to eliminate the worship of idols when it comes under one’s domain, including its service, and all that is done for it and pertains to it, to the extent that the name of the idol should have no remnant left there, as it says, “You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations that you are dispossessing worshiped their gods… And you shall break apart their altars; you shall smash their pillars; and their asherah trees you shall burn in the fire; their carved images you shall cut down; and you shall obliterate their names [of those idols] from that place.” (If an idol comes into one’s possession, it should be either destroyed or “nullified,” .) This obligation is placed both on the individual and the public as a whole. It is forbidden for one to preserve in his domain any worship of idols or things that pertain to it, and it is likewise the obligation of every government of every nation and its courts to remove all idol worship from its borders, since it is forbidden to preserve idol worship in any place or time, as it says, “You shall have no other gods before Me” – “before Me,” meaning in any place or time that I, God, am there (i.e., anywhere and any time), you shall have no other deities. Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets Used Sources From a 1990 address by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Source in the Good for You from Ask Noah. From The Divine Code - In the Prohibition of Idolatry page 158 Chapter 7 The Obligation to Eliminate Idol Worship, and the Prohibition of Benefiting from It. © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

World Peace Foretold by the Jewish Prophets ​ “In our era, there will be neither famine or war, envy or competition, for good will flow in abundance, and all the delights will be freely available as dust. The occupation of the entire world will be solely to know G-d.” ("Maimonides" instead], Laws of Kings Chapter 12) Isaiah the Prophet 11:9 states “The world will be filled with the knowledge of G-d as the waters cover the ocean bed.” ​ ​ ​ ​ Awareness and Knowledge of G‑d The Messianic era will be a time of universal awareness, perception and knowledge of G‑d: Isaiah 11:9: (cf. Habakuk 2:14): “…the earth shall be full of knowledge of G‑d as the waters cover the sea.” Isaiah 40:5: “The glory of G‑d shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see together that the mouth of G‑d has spoken.” Isaiah 52:8: “…for eye to eye they shall see as G‑d returns to Zion.” ​ ​ ​ Universal Worship of the One True G‑d of Israel ​ Mashiach shall mend the whole world so that all shall serve G‑d in unity. Zephaniah 3:9: “For then I shall turn to the peoples a pure tongue that all shall call upon the Name of G‑d to serve Him with one consent.” Isaiah 2:2-3 and Michah 4:1-2: “…The mountain of G‑d’s House shall be established at the top of the mountains and it shall be raised above the hills, and all the nations shall stream to it. Many peoples shall go and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of G‑d, to the House of the G‑d of Jacob, and let him [Mashiach] teach us of His ways and we shall go in His paths;’ for from Zion shall go forth Torah, and the word of G‑d from Jerusalem.”10 Zechariah 9:16: “…every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to bow before the King, G‑d…” Zechariah 14:9: “G‑d shall be King over the entire earth. In that day G‑d shall be One and His Name One.” Is to raise awareness and share knowledge of the eternal set of divine laws which allow full individual fulfillment: wither regarding his intellect, creativity, freedom of choice and decision making capabilities, in accordance with the Divine directives of the Creator of the World, Almighty G-d, Creator of Life and All Reality. This in order to achieve an international common knowledge platform beyond culture and language in order to reach peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international co-operation and be a reference for harmonizing the will and actions of individuals and nations. Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

The Second Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem for 420 years (349 BCE–70 CE). Unlike the period of the First Temple, when the Jews were for the most part autonomous, for the vast majority of the Second Temple era the Jews were subject to foreign rule: by the Persians, the Greeks, and eventually the Romans. Aside for the troubles caused by these external powers, the Jews were also plagued internally by tumultuous politics, and they divided into many factions—a phenomenon that ultimately led to the Temple’s destruction and our nation’s torturous exile. Nevertheless, for 420 years, the Temple constituted a divine presence in our midst, the point where heaven and earth met. Its presence is sorely missed, its absence mourned. Our sole consolation is the knowledge that very soon we will merit to see the Third Temple, an edifice that will last for all eternity, and which will eclipse both of the first Temples in every way imaginable. Below is a concise history of the Second Temple. The lessons to be learned from this often-sad saga speak for themselves. Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets Used Sources Chabad.org © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.

The soul, is the self, the "I" that inhabits the body and acts through it. Without the soul, the body is like a light bulb without electricity, a computer without the software, a space suit with no astronaut inside. With the introduction of the soul, the body acquires life, sight and hearing, thought and speech, intelligence and emotions, will and desire, personality and identity. The human soul is both the most complex and the most lofty of souls. Our sages have said: "She is called by five names: Nefesh (soul), Ruach (spirit), Neshamah (breath), Chayah (life) and Yechidah (singularity)." The Chassidic masters explain that the soul's five "names" actually describe five levels or dimensions of the soul. Nefesh is the soul as the engine of physical life. Ruach is the emotional self and "personality." Neshamah is the intellectual self. Chayah is the supra-rational self—the seat of will, desire, commitment and faith. Yechidah connotes the essence of the soul—its unity with its source, the singular essence of G‑d. For the essence of the soul of man is "literally a part of G‑d above"-a piece of G‑d in us, so to speak. Brought by Rabbi Moshe Perets Rabbi Moshe Perets is the Founder and Executive Director of NoahideAcademy.org, the world’s largest Noahide informational website. He has established the Noahide Academy of Israel website under the non-profit organisation - אור לעמים - Light Unto the Nations since 2016. He accomplished his Rabbinical Studies at the Chabad Yeshiva of Brussels in 2011. He has a medical degree by the University of Louvain in Brussels as well a Masters in Biomedical Research by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has for the past years focused on Psychotherapy and developed a new approach: Deep Soul Therapy. He is a spiritual mentor, teacher, coach, and healer who has helped facilitate profound shifts for hundreds of people around the globe. His teaching activities at the Noahide Academy allowed students from all over the world to live passionate, purposeful lives, connect more intimately with G-d, and reveal the hidden light and power of their souls. Rabbi Moshe Perets lives currently in Israel with his wife and 5 children. More from Rabbi Moshe Perets © Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further. NoahideAcademy.org's copyright policy.