How request Pledge?

How specifically to apply for the Declaration, how is its adoption? Answer: We have compiled a short questionnaire for those who want to make a declaration, it is located here. After you fill out the questionnaire, we, in agreement with you, set the date for Beit Din, which today takes place through a video conference (technically, using the Zoom program). During Beit ...

Is any preparation necessary for the adoption of the Pledge?

Question: Is any preparation necessary for the adoption of the Pledge, is there a necessary minimum of what a person must study before making the Pledge? Answer: Of course, a person must understand what he declares, understand about the Torah and Jewish tradition, understand what obligations he takes upon himself. Halakha leaves all these questions to the discretion of a specific ...

The necessity of a Jewish religious court (Beth Din) for the Bnei Noah Pledge

Question: Should the Bnei Noah Pledge be adopted by a Jewish religious court (Beth Din) or the Noahid community can organize their own Beth Din? Answer:  According to Maimonides, the recognition of Ben Noah by the Jewish Beth Din is necessary. But in the Jewish tradition, there is another opinion, according to which the Jewish Beth Din is necessary only for those Bnei ...

What is the meaning of the Bnei Noah Pledge?

Question: What is the meaning of the Bnei Noah Pledge? Answer: The Pledge is recognition the Divine source of the Torah of Moses and its interpretation in the jewish tradition. And due this fact a commitment to observe the Seven Commandments. ...

Official recognition a person as the Ben Noah

Question: Why the official recognition a person as the Ben Noah is obligatory (i.e. “The Pledge of Bnei Noah” in the face of the Beth Din – the Jewish religious court)? To my mind,  an observe 7 Commandments, have a belief in the heart, love for neighbors and perform good for people are more important. Why such formal action as the ...

Acceptation of the Pledge and the belief in Jesus

A question which was asked in Spanish department оf the Brit Olam I have a hard problem regarding my desire to follow by the way of God of Israel. I believe in Jesus but I do not consider him as a Son of God (or as a “demigod”) and of course, I do not think that he was God who was appeared ...

The adoption the Pledge and the Share in the Hereafter

Question: Is it an obligatory to accept the Pledge before the Jewish court to have a share in the Hereafter? The answer of Rav Hollander: According to Maimonides, The Ben Noah, who accepted upon him the Seven Commandments, – in accordance with the Jewish tradition, has a share in the Hereafter. The importance of the Pledge is that the public declaration leaves a ...

Is there any ceremony to be a Bnei Noah?

Question: How do you do, dear Rabbi. My name is Sergey. If it is possible, please answer my question. I was baptized, I am a former Christian. Realzing the New Testament more and more, I have concluded that Christianity is not what I need. Now God has shown me the Judaism, where I find answers to my questions, a harmony and ...

An official procedure to be the Ben Noah

Question: Shalom respected Rav What do you mean when you write that “it is necessary an official acceptation of Seven Commandments of Bnei Noah”? If a person make a decision to follow Seven Commandments by himself, will he be considered as a Ben Noah before God? Or it is necessary a formal procedure – like it is obligatory for a conversion to ...

Increased responsibility when a person declare himself as a Ben Noah

Question If we bear witness before Beth Din that we accept upon ourselves the observation Seven Commandments, than from such a minute our responsibility for their transgression increase a lot. If we are in a state of ignorance, without clearly formulated Commandments, we can make a serious violation of Commandments. For example, I am a store administrator. Workday ends at ...