We continue studying from page iv of the Author’s Preface and conclude reading the Author’s Preface in this episode.
Author: Jacob Scharff
Jacob Scharff
Jacob Scharff has been a Torah-observant Noahide since the early 90s, and has a Haskamah to teach from Beth Midrash Ohel Moshe in Israel. He has taught numerous online Torah classes, and has been learning the Seven Laws directly from the Jewish sources, particularly the Mishneh Torah, under the guidance of his teachers for the majority of his adult life. He currently lives in Texas with his lovely wife, where he spends his time working with computers, wrangling cats, and studying Torah.
We continue studying from page ii of the Author’s Preface.
As serious and dedicated Noahides, we know it is incumbent upon us to learn the details of the Sheva Mitswoth as required by HaShem our God.
It’s one thing to say “make Teshuvah – return to God!”, but how does one actually DO it? What are the steps? Here, we cover the…
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Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned. Happy is the man unto whom HaShem counteth not inquity and in whose spirit there…
Each year around the High Holidays I see comments from some well-meaning people stating that concepts like Teshuvah either don’t apply to us Gentiles, or are…
When Rambam uses the term “goy”, does he actually mean “idolator”?
Accurately sending a message across vast distances, to people with different languages and cultures, is a hard thing to do. But, what if you needed to send a message to people living so far into the future that they may as well be aliens?
Parshah Bereishith is filled with beginnings; from the beginning of the world, to the beginning of mankind. However, one of the less well-known beginnings in this week’s Torah portion is the beginning of the Oral Torah, and the story of how our failure to pass it on correctly almost led to our end!