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    Jacob ScharffBy Jacob ScharffSeptember 30, 2012Updated:October 5, 2021No Comments2 Mins Read
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    On this site, we hope to be able to share with you the beauty and simplicity of Being Noahide.

    In the early 1990’s, I was going through the process of converting to Judaism.  That is to say, I was working towards becoming a Jew.  This involved living in a Jewish community, attending synagogue, keeping kosher, learning to pray, and much much more.

    However, as I neared the end of the process, and became more familiar with the Torah, I realized what I was doing would fundamentally change my very nature – from being a Noahide (i.e. a non-Jew) to being a Jew – and that going through this change would be a one-way process, which I could never undo if I ever changed my mind.

    Reflecting upon this, I realized that while I had very thoroughly studied what I would be changing into, I had very little idea what I was changing from.  And, many questions occurred to me:   What is a Noahide, exactly?  How does a Noahide serve God?  What is a Noahide actually obligated to do, from the Torah?  What would a Noahide community look like?  What is the role of Noahides in the world?  Why did God create both Jews and non-Jews?

    In short, what would Being Noahide actually entail?

    I had no answer to these, and many other, fundamental questions.  And, even more surprisingly, neither did the many Jews and Rabbis that I posed with these questions!

    So, I paused my conversion process, with the intent of returning and completing it at a later date, and set out to discover what it means to serve God as a Noahide. And, over the last 20 years, what I’ve discovered is a way of life which had been almost entirely forgotten by humanity – both Jew and non-Jew alike.  A way of life which is both beautifully practical, intellectually fulfilling, and deeply spiritual.

    So, on this site, I hope we can share with you some of what Being Noahide is all about.  Hopefully it will be helpful… and perhaps also a little entertaining.

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    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.

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