https://www.asknoah.org/forum/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:49:55 +0000 MyBB https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2062 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:37:45 +0000 gabriel]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2062 https://asknoah.org/7-commandments/forbidden-relations

There appear to be three different "types" of prohibited relationships:

1. There are six "forbidden" relationships (one's mother, one's father's wife, another man's wife, another male, an animal, and one's maternal sister).
   
2. There is one relationship that is "universally accepted" as prohibited (one's daughter).
   
3. There is one relationship that is an "abomination to G-d" (female-female).
   

Am I correct that this is indeed an intended demarcation of three different types of prohibited relationships?

If so, could you explain the distinctions between the types? That is, why are they separated into different types in precisely this way? For example, here are some questions that this raises in my mind:

1. Are we to understand that, although all of the above relationships are bad, those of the first type (i.e. those that are "forbidden") are in some sense worse than the rest?
   
2. Or perhaps since type 3 is called an "abomination", that implies it is actually the worse type?
   
3. Maybe the distinction means relationships of type 2 and 3 could be appropriate under some very limited circumstances whereas those of type 1 are never appropriate?
   
4. The second type is described as being "universally accepted" as prohibited. I assume this means that at some point in the past, essentially all humankind agreed not to engage in that type of relationship. Is such a decision by people in the past morally binding on people alive now or is it just a "very strong recommendation" on the basis of human experience? If it is morally binding, why so (that is, how does a decision by people in the past bind us morally today)?
   
5. Why would a sin which is an abomination not also be categorized as "forbidden"? Or are all abominations implicitly forbidden?
   
6. Which would be "worse": committing a sin that is an abomination, but isn't forbidden (female-female relationship), or committing a forbidden sin that isn't capital (maternal sister relationship)?
   

Thank you!]]> https://asknoah.org/7-commandments/forbidden-relations

There appear to be three different "types" of prohibited relationships:

1. There are six "forbidden" relationships (one's mother, one's father's wife, another man's wife, another male, an animal, and one's maternal sister).
   
2. There is one relationship that is "universally accepted" as prohibited (one's daughter).
   
3. There is one relationship that is an "abomination to G-d" (female-female).
   

Am I correct that this is indeed an intended demarcation of three different types of prohibited relationships?

If so, could you explain the distinctions between the types? That is, why are they separated into different types in precisely this way? For example, here are some questions that this raises in my mind:

1. Are we to understand that, although all of the above relationships are bad, those of the first type (i.e. those that are "forbidden") are in some sense worse than the rest?
   
2. Or perhaps since type 3 is called an "abomination", that implies it is actually the worse type?
   
3. Maybe the distinction means relationships of type 2 and 3 could be appropriate under some very limited circumstances whereas those of type 1 are never appropriate?
   
4. The second type is described as being "universally accepted" as prohibited. I assume this means that at some point in the past, essentially all humankind agreed not to engage in that type of relationship. Is such a decision by people in the past morally binding on people alive now or is it just a "very strong recommendation" on the basis of human experience? If it is morally binding, why so (that is, how does a decision by people in the past bind us morally today)?
   
5. Why would a sin which is an abomination not also be categorized as "forbidden"? Or are all abominations implicitly forbidden?
   
6. Which would be "worse": committing a sin that is an abomination, but isn't forbidden (female-female relationship), or committing a forbidden sin that isn't capital (maternal sister relationship)?
   

Thank you!]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2046 Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:02:24 +0000 Red Bird]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2046 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2030 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 23:21:13 +0000 Pianohero]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2030 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2027 Wed, 02 Nov 2016 05:27:21 +0000 m364n0]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2027
Toda Rabah]]>
Toda Rabah]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2026 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 02:51:17 +0000 Pianohero]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2026 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2025 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 02:58:19 +0000 Mikey]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=2025 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=1999 Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:49:03 +0000 Hrvatski Noahid]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=1999
Sh'lom Michael,

the Divine Code states (p 555, topic 18):

"There is no prohibition of seclusion for Gentiles with elderly people who have already lost all lust for licentiousness. Therefore, an elderly man may be secluded with a younger woman, or an elderly woman with a younger man, since they would not normally be drawn into licentious acts."

Is there a source which gives the exact age when a person loses his or her lust?]]>
Sh'lom Michael,

the Divine Code states (p 555, topic 18):

"There is no prohibition of seclusion for Gentiles with elderly people who have already lost all lust for licentiousness. Therefore, an elderly man may be secluded with a younger woman, or an elderly woman with a younger man, since they would not normally be drawn into licentious acts."

Is there a source which gives the exact age when a person loses his or her lust?]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=1962 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:28:39 +0000 joshua]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=1962 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=629 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:56:46 +0000 ann4992]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=629 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=367 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:43:55 +0000 Daniel2]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=367 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=286 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:15 +0000 Daniel2]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=286 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=256 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:09:17 +0000 Teodor]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=256
Sh"lom dear Director Michael and Academy Rabbis,
Is it allowed to an adult noahide woman to shake hands with (if yes, under which circumstances) or to give a hug or a kiss to an adult noahide man (except her husband) incl. her brother from the same mother, her father or grandfather?
Thanks for all your help, happy Pessach to all the jewish participates on this forum and immediate redemption to the whole world! ]]>
Sh"lom dear Director Michael and Academy Rabbis,
Is it allowed to an adult noahide woman to shake hands with (if yes, under which circumstances) or to give a hug or a kiss to an adult noahide man (except her husband) incl. her brother from the same mother, her father or grandfather?
Thanks for all your help, happy Pessach to all the jewish participates on this forum and immediate redemption to the whole world! ]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=220 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:14:24 +0000 AZNoahide]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=220 https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=1939 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:13:30 +0000 Joachim ben Noach]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=1939
There is no such concept as intermarriage among the nations? A Gentile is a Gentile, in every matter (of who marries whom)?

Thank you.]]>
There is no such concept as intermarriage among the nations? A Gentile is a Gentile, in every matter (of who marries whom)?

Thank you.]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=171 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:36:59 +0000 Teodor]]> https://www.asknoah.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=171
Sh'lom Director Michael and Academy Rabbis,
Does a Noahide become ritually unclean after having a seminal discharge or an abnormal discharge (which would be the case by a Jew), and are there any requirements of eventual actions of a ritual purification before praying (mentioning G-D's Name) for a Noahide man (or a woman) who has had any form of discharge?
Thank you for your answers.]]>
Sh'lom Director Michael and Academy Rabbis,
Does a Noahide become ritually unclean after having a seminal discharge or an abnormal discharge (which would be the case by a Jew), and are there any requirements of eventual actions of a ritual purification before praying (mentioning G-D's Name) for a Noahide man (or a woman) who has had any form of discharge?
Thank you for your answers.]]>