7 Commandments of the Children of Noah Received
All of Israel received the commandments of the mitzvot in the revelation of the giving of the Torah.
How did the ancient Gentiles commit to the Seven Commandments of the Noahide Children? Was this based on the belief that this was what Adam the first commanded?
I mean: How did they feel committed to this duty and commandment?
They had a command and by virtue of it they were obligated. Just as we had a command and by virtue of it we are obligated. What did they feel? You should ask them.
But they did not say, "We will do it and listen." They did not accept the command of the mitzvah. I also command those around me to massage my feet, but they are not disciplined, the impudent. They rebel against the king because of his queen (or the queen of his heirs). Therefore, the command has content, because we have given it a binding content by accepting the command. How does the Rabbi present the matter?
I have already written here that acceptance from below is not necessary with regard to the command of God. In particular, with regard to the fundamental laws of morality such as the Seven Commandments, it is obligatory without their having accepted them (God brought charges against Cain for murder before He commanded and before there was any Halacha for the sons of Noah). Although there is the matter of “standing and giving up their wealth to Israel” (Bk. 37) because they themselves withdrew from it, and apparently there is some de facto recognition here of their decision, and so on.
You didn't understand me at all, I'm talking about our Judaism, which was a revelation of the giving of the Torah to a whole people, and therefore the commandment on our part is valid.
They didn't receive a revelation at all, only an acceptance that this was commanded to the first man, and therefore I ask how this validity remained?
Surely I didn't understand at all, or I just didn't understand completely? 🙂
I repeat that they had a commandment and by virtue of this they are expected to keep it. If they do not believe in the tradition they received and also ignore the moral intuition implanted in them – I do not see why they should not be judged for it. Although if this is truly their position, they are coerced into their own opinion and exempt.
As I wrote, a moral obligation needs less foundation for them to accept it. It is implanted in us in conscience and intuition. Perhaps that is why there was no need for a very impressive and massive status at the base of these commandments.
What is more, the revelation that was given to us also included the seven commandments, and now they are supposed to keep them, as proven by the Sinaitic revelation. And this was a mass one. Thus writes the Maimonides in the Soph”ach Mahal’ Melachim, p. 2221;s well
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