An Understanding Heart

If we see Judaism as central to our lives, we see everything through the lens of Torah , a Torah that also espouses certain universal values relevant to all Humankind.. Hence, in this election season we ought to think of the following: These universal values are defined by a sophisticated understanding of the Noahide laws as per the Rama (Teshuvah 10) and the Lubavitcher Rebbe 's many talks on this issue: The Noahide laws demand 1. Belief in G-d 2. Not to Blaspheme (To believe G-d is just) 3. Not to murder - and we know that insulting someone publicly is equivalent to murder 4. Not to steal or be dishonest in any way, avoid paying our obligations etc. 5. Not to engage in forbidden relationships 6. Not to eat a limb from a living animal, which is seen as including any unnecessary destruction of any flora or fauna (eating is fine) or annihilating a species or damaging the environment in ways not needed for human sustainment 7. To have courts of justice which means a

If we see Judaism as central to our lives, we see everything through the lens of Torah , a Torah that also espouses certain universal values relevant to all Humankind.. Hence, in this election season we ought to think of the following: These universal values are defined by a sophisticated understanding of the Noahide laws as per the Rama (Teshuvah 10) and the Lubavitcher Rebbe 's many talks on this issue: The Noahide laws demand 1. Belief in G-d 2. Not to Blaspheme (To believe G-d is just) 3. Not to murder - and we know that insulting someone publicly is equivalent to murder 4. Not to steal or be dishonest in any way, avoid paying our obligations etc. 5. Not to engage in forbidden relationships 6. Not to eat a limb from a living animal, which is seen as including any unnecessary destruction of any flora or fauna (eating is fine) or annihilating a species or damaging the environment in ways not needed for human sustainment 7. To have courts of justice which means a