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The First Keepers of Torah
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B”H. Hi James. I’ll give a brief intro to this topic and the Rabbis can follow up if needed.
It’s important to realize that the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, were unique in the world at that time. They were not only prophets, but they also constantly bound their intellects so intensely to G-d that they became a “chariot” to the Divine Presence. This means that they were so bound up with the will of G-d that all of their thoughts, speech and actions were constantly Divinely inspired and totally nullified to Him. One reason for this is that everything they did was to be a “sign for their children,” the future Jewish people. Therefore they, uniquely in the world, were assigned the task of *beginning* to introduce the Jewish commandments (mitzvot) into the physical creation. Some of the mitzvot were impossible for them to perform, because the requirements were lacking. For example, the mitzvot of tefillin and mezuzah require scrolls written by Jews, containing verses from the Five Books of Moses. So the Patriarchs did certain, seemingly unrelated, actions while meditating on the spiritual meaning of those mitzvot. Regarding Shabbos, the Patriarchs would be careful to do some labor during the 24 hours from sundown to sundown which would qualify as a violation of the Jewish Shabbos. After Mount Sinai, both the large tallis (tallis gadol) and small tallis (tallis katan) have the connotation of uniquely Jewish garments, and therefore Noahides are discouraged from wearing either of these, as Rabbi Schochet has pointed out for us.
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The First Keepers of Torah - by James7 - 06-02-2007, 01:00 AM
RE: The First Keepers of Torah - by Director Michael - 06-02-2007, 04:03 AM
RE: The First Keepers of Torah - by rabbiyitz - 06-09-2007, 12:32 AM
RE: The First Keepers of Torah - by ChaimLeyb - 02-25-2009, 05:55 PM

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