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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: Noah's 7 Laws: Source Please
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 17:47:42 EST
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> 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.