The Seven Laws
The seven Noahide laws as traditionally enumerated are the following:[13][14]- Not to worship idols.
- Not to curse God.
- To establish courts of justice.
- Not to commit murder.
- Not to commit adultery, bestiality, or sexual immorality.
- Not to steal.
- Not to eat flesh torn from a living animal.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
What is Jewish Noahide Law and U.S. Public Law 102-14
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On March 20th 1991, the United States Congress passed H.J Res 104, which was then signed into law by President George H. W. Bush and became Public Law No. 102-14. The language of the law asserts that the "Seven Noahide Laws" are the ethical values of civilized society and are the basis on which the American nation was founded and that without these Seven Noahide Laws society stands in peril. It is also stated that it is our nation's "responsibility" to transmit these "ethical values" to the generations of the future and that in the future the President of the United States will sign an "international scroll" pledging to return the world to the Seven Noahide Laws through education and charity. The law also celebrates the birthday of one Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, who along with this organization has been dedicated to spreading and fostering the Seven Noahide Laws in society.
Notice the law is written in a very creative way, it states the Seven
Noahide Laws are the "foundation" upon which American was founded,
couldn't someone argue that this statement makes the Noahide Laws
actionable and enforceable? The law says it is our responsibility to
transmit the values of these Seven Noahide Laws to the nation, could
this be interpreted to mean we must begin education programs? The law
also promises that our President will sign an "international scroll"
pledging to return the world the values of the Noahide Laws, along with
other heads of state; could this proclamation ever supersede American
law? Before discussing what the Noahide Laws are, please take a moment
to read Public Law No. 102-14 in full from the American Library of
Congress website:
“Whereas 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; Whereas these ethical values and
principles have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of
civilization, when they were known as the Seven Noahide Laws; Whereas
without these ethical values and principles the edifice of civilization
stands in serious peril of returning to chaos; Whereas society is
profoundly concerned with the recent weakening of these principles that
has resulted in crises that beleaguer and threaten the fabric of
civilized society; Whereas the justified preoccupation with these crises
must not let the citizens of this Nation lose sight of their
responsibility to transmit these historical ethical values from our
distinguished past to the generations of the future; Whereas the
Lubavitch movement has fostered and promoted these ethical values and
principles throughout the world; Whereas Rabbi Menachem Mendel
Schneerson, leader of the Lubavitch movement, is universally respected
and revered and his eighty-ninth birthday falls on March 26, 1991;
Whereas in tribute to this great spiritual leader, `the rebbe’, this,
his ninetieth year will be seen as one of `education and giving’, the
year in which we turn to education and charity to return the world to
the moral and ethical values contained in the Seven Noahide Laws; and
Whereas this will be reflected in an international scroll of honor
signed by the President of the United States and other heads of state:
Now, therefore, be it“
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