Skeptics deny the Biblical story of Noah and the flood even though many cultures have flood stories, including ancient Sumerian clay tablets.
Hi, I’m Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz founder of Jews for Judaism, speaking from Jerusalem.
The Torah portion of Noah teaches that despite the corruption that filled the earth, God gave humanity a second chance and promised in Genesis 9 verse 11 that, “There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
Furthermore, Genesis 9 verse 16 says “God established an “everlasting covenant” with Noah and his descendants, known as the “Noahide Covenant.”
This Noahide Covenant is a moral code based on a belief in God and the Torah and consists of the following seven universal precepts.
1) Do not worship idolatry,
2) Do not curse God,
3) Do not murder,
4) Do not commit adultery,
5) Do not steal,
6) Establish courts of law, and
7) Do not be cruel to animals, especially regarding the barbaric practice of eating a limb from a living animal.
Genesis 9 verse 13 says God set a “rainbow in the clouds to be a sign of the covenant,” with Noah. Remarkably the seven colors of a rainbow allude to the seven universal commandments.
The Noahide covenant is a powerful refutation to other religions that claim that their religion is the “only way” to reach God.
Judaism rejects this claim and teaches that there are two ways to reach the one God.
Jews follow the Sinai Covenant, with its 613 commandments [mitzvot] that connect us to God, and non-Jews are required to follow the seven laws of Noah.
These two paths offer each human being a way to experience a personal relationship with God.
May we soon experience the day when all nations serve God according to their path and together, we witness peace and holiness fill the earth.
I wish you a peaceful Shabbat Shalom.
Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz
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