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RABBI MOSHE BEN-CHAIM
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would like to comment on your article “God’s plan and the 9th of Av” in the Jewishtimes, 2nd of July edition. You wrote about human equality and that the greatest people began life as children to Gentiles, such as the patriarchs & matriarchs, Ruth ,Unkelos and many Rabbis. You explained that if a Jew or a Gentile follow God completely, he/she is equally loved by God. The article then goes on to explain that the Gentile who engages in Torah is like the High Priest and that the Gentile who converts surpasses even the greatest Jew. However I am confused with the following statement: “For how humbling it must be for a gentile to accept his or her very being is not on par with the highest level of one obligated to observe the 613 laws.” This statement seems to contradict your earlier statement that a Jew (who is obligated to observe 613 laws) and a Gentile (who is obligated to observe 7 Noahide laws) are equally loved by God. Kindly confirm if a Gentile who observes the 7 Noahide laws and Torah is on par with the Jew (including the Gentile convert) who observe the 613 laws. In addition, please confirm if there is a distinction between the Gentile who follows God yet choosing not to convert and a Gentile who converts to Judaism. —Sharon Savage Malaysia (CONT. ON NEXT PAGE)
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