The 90 Noahide Laws are intended for Non-Jews seeking a comprehensive spiritual and ethical guide.
The Noahide Laws expand upon the traditional Seven Laws of Noah derived from Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and modern compilations like The Divine Code. These provide practical, day-to-day directives on monotheism, justice, charity and character development.
The 90 Noahide Laws are listed below grouped under the original 7 Noahide categories:
1 The Prohibition of Idolatry (Avodah Zarah) |
| 1. Recognition, belief, and awareness of the One True God. |
| 2. Recognizing that God created the universe ex nihilo (out of nothing). |
| 3. Understanding and believing in Divine Providence. |
| 4. To fear God and respect His authority. |
| 5. Serving and praying exclusively to God. |
| 6. Prohibition of making an idol for oneself or for others. |
| 7. Prohibition of owning or storing an idol. |
| 8. Prohibition of selling or trading idols. |
| 9. Prohibition of bowing down or bowing to an idol. |
| 10. Prohibition of offering sacrifices or incense to an idol. |
| 11. Prohibition of pouring libations to an idol. |
| 12. Prohibition of worshipping an idol in its unique customary way. |
| 13. Prohibition of taking an oath or swearing in the name of an idol. |
| 14. Prohibition of causing others to worship an idol. |
| 15. Prohibition of encouraging a city or group to turn to idolatry. |
| 16. Prohibition of trying to convert someone to an idolatrous faith. |
| 17. Prohibition of reading, studying, or listening to idolatrous philosophies. |
| 18. Prohibition of making a covenant or treaty with idolaters to recognize their gods. |
| 19. Prohibition of benefiting from anything belonging to an idol or its temple. |
| 20. Prohibition of making a statue or image of a human being for worship. |
| 21. Prohibition of planting a tree next to God's altar (Asherah pole). |
| 22. Prohibition of making, owning, or selling accessories used for idolatry. |
| 23. Prohibition of swearing by the name of an idol to validate a transaction. |
| 24. Prohibition of fabricating or making up a entirely new religion. |
| 25. Prohibition of inventing a Jewish commandment that is purely spiritual for non-Jews. |
| 26. Prohibition of following customs explicitly linked to idolaters, including soothsaying, divination, sorcery, and necromancy. |
2 The Prohibition of Blasphemy (Birchat HaShem) |
| 27. The obligation to study the Torah laws relevant to Noahides. |
| 28. The obligation to pray to God, especially in times of direct need. |
| 29. The obligation to do good deeds and proper charity. |
| 30. The obligation to return lost objects to their rightful owners. |
| 31. The obligation to proactively look for the owners of a lost object. |
| 32. The obligation to honor and respect elderly persons and Torah Sages. |
| 33. The practice of giving a tithe (10%) of earnings to charity. |
| 34. The ethical law of sending away the mother bird before taking her young. |
| 35. The obligation to show hospitality and safely escort traveling guests. |
| 36. Prohibition of embarrassing, disrespecting, or cursing one’s parents. |
| 37. The effort to dress up and present oneself in a modest way. |
| 38. The obligation to inspire and educate others to observe the Noahide laws. |
| 39. Prohibition of cursing the Name of God using any language. |
| 40. Prohibition of erasing or destroying the written Name of God. |
| 41. Prohibition of profaning God’s name through disgraceful public behavior. |
3 The Prohibition of Theft (Gezel) |
| 42. Prohibition of stealing or robbing money or physical goods. |
| 43. Prohibition of withholding an employee's wages or delaying payment. |
| 44. Prohibition of kidnapping a human being. |
| 45. Prohibition of using false weights, measures, or scales in business. |
| 46. Prohibition of defrauding, overcharging, or deceiving a customer. |
| 47. Prohibition of moving a boundary marker to steal a neighbor's land. |
| 48. Prohibition of extorting money or forcing someone to sell an item. |
| 49. Prohibition of acting as a bystander while theft or looting takes place. |
| 50. Prohibition of using another person's property without their direct permission. |
4 The Prohibition of Murder (Shefichat Damim) |
| 51. Prohibition of committing homicide (killing an innocent person). |
| 52. Prohibition of feticide (destroying a fetus or abortion, except to save the mother's life). |
| 53. Prohibition of euthanasia (actively ending someone's life, even if they request it). |
| 54. Prohibition of committing suicide or self-harm. |
| 55. Prohibition of placing someone in a situation where they will definitely be killed. |
| 56. Prohibition of withholding testimony that could save an innocent person's life. |
| 57. Prohibition of standing idly by when a person's life is in mortal danger. |
5 The Prohibition of Sexual Immorality (Gilui Arayot) |
| 58. Prohibition of maternal incest (sexual relations with one's mother). |
| 59. Prohibition of paternal incest (sexual relations with one's father's wife/stepmother). |
| 60. Prohibition of adultery (sexual relations with a married woman). |
| 61. Prohibition of male homosexual relations. |
| 62. Prohibition of bestiality (sexual relations with animals). |
| 63. Prohibition of sisterly incest (sexual relations with a maternal sister). |
| 64. Prohibition of castrating or neutering any human or animal. |
| 65. Prohibition of cross-breeding different species of animals. |
| 66. Prohibition of grafting different species of fruit trees together. |
| 67. The obligation to respect boundaries of modesty between men and women. |
| 68. The obligation to establish formal, structured marriage ceremonies. |
6 The Prohibition of Cruelty to Animals (Ever Min HaChay) |
| 69. Prohibition of eating flesh cut from a living animal. |
| 70. Prohibition of drinking or eating blood extracted from a living animal. |
| 71. Prohibition of causing any unnecessary physical pain or suffering to animals. |
| 72. Prohibition of hunting animals solely for sport or cruelty. |
| 73. The obligation to feed one's domestic animals before sitting down to eat oneself. |
| 74. The obligation to treat working animals humanely (e.g., resting them). |
7 The Mandate to Establish Courts of Justice (Dinim) |
| 75. The strict obligation to establish functional civil courts in every region. |
| 76. The obligation to appoint expert, honest, and God-fearing judges. |
| 77. Prohibition of a judge accepting bribes or favors. |
| 78. Prohibition of a judge showing favoritism to the rich or pity to the poor. |
| 79. Prohibition of a judge perverting justice or intentionally misinterpreting the law. |
| 80. Prohibition of a judge rendering a verdict based on hearsay or single-witness testimonies. |
| 81. The requirement for judges to thoroughly cross-examine all witnesses. |
| 82. Prohibition of giving false testimony or perjury in a court of law. |
| 83. The requirement to enforce legal compliance and punish lawbreakers. |
| 84. Prohibition of taking the law into your own hands via vigilante justice. |
| 85. The requirement to treat all residents regardless of background fairly in court. |
| 86. The setup of clear statutes of limitations or proper legal procedures. |
| 87. The mandate to administer capital punishment only in strictly proven corporate crimes. |
| 88. The mandate to respect the legitimate civil and monetary laws of the local government. |
| 89. The requirement to maintain public order and prevent riots or anarchy. |
| 90. The ongoing societal task of funding and protecting the integrity of the judicial system. |
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What are Religions?Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, ethics, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements. There is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings. The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sacred texts, symbols, and holy places, that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena. Religious practice may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, matrimonial and funerary services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, or public service. There are an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, though nearly all of them have regionally based, relatively small followings. Four religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism account for over 77% of the world's population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as non-religious, meaning that the vast majority of remaining religions account for only 8% of the population combined.
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