05-30-2018, 11:40 PM
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In "The Divine Code" Part I, Chapter I, Rabbi Moshe Weiner lists the three categories of "deviant believer" ("min" in Hebrew), "scorner," ("epicurus" in Hebrew), and "denier of Torah." He also lists principles of faith that each of them reject. In total, those are the principles that one must accept after he has been taught about the truth of Torah, in order to be worthy of receiving a part in the World to Come as a Pious Gentile ("hassid umot ha'olom" in Hebrew).
All of the detailed principles of faith which Rabbi Weiner listed there fall within the following 5 general principles:
a. Acceptance of the one and only G-d.
b. G-d has interest in people and He gave commandments to mankind [mankind was not created for nothing, but for the purpose of serving G-d in physical activity].
c. G-d gives reward and punishment for a person's deeds.
d. G-d connects Himself to mankind through prophecy.
e. G-d gave commands in the Torah that are of an eternal nature and that will not change or bend forever.
The following is a restatement of those 5 general principles, with all of their details from "The Divine Code" (loc. cit.) included:
a. Acceptance of the one and only G-d, Who is the only First Existence and the Creator of everything else that exists, Who oversees and controls the universe with no intermediary independent powers, and Who has no body and no form.
b. G-d has interest in people and knows all of their actions, and He gave commandments to mankind [i.e., mankind was not created for nothing, but rather for the purpose of serving G-d in physical activity].
c. G-d gives reward and punishment for a person's deeds.
d. G-d connects Himself to mankind through prophecy, and the primary prophecy of all was to Moses our teacher.
e. G-d Himself - through His prophecy to Moses - gave the commandents in the Written Torah, and the explanations of those commandments in the Oral Torah, and these are of an eternal nature and will not change or bend forever, nor will any of them ever be replaced or nullified.
All of the detailed principles of faith which Rabbi Weiner listed there fall within the following 5 general principles:
a. Acceptance of the one and only G-d.
b. G-d has interest in people and He gave commandments to mankind [mankind was not created for nothing, but for the purpose of serving G-d in physical activity].
c. G-d gives reward and punishment for a person's deeds.
d. G-d connects Himself to mankind through prophecy.
e. G-d gave commands in the Torah that are of an eternal nature and that will not change or bend forever.
The following is a restatement of those 5 general principles, with all of their details from "The Divine Code" (loc. cit.) included:
a. Acceptance of the one and only G-d, Who is the only First Existence and the Creator of everything else that exists, Who oversees and controls the universe with no intermediary independent powers, and Who has no body and no form.
b. G-d has interest in people and knows all of their actions, and He gave commandments to mankind [i.e., mankind was not created for nothing, but rather for the purpose of serving G-d in physical activity].
c. G-d gives reward and punishment for a person's deeds.
d. G-d connects Himself to mankind through prophecy, and the primary prophecy of all was to Moses our teacher.
e. G-d Himself - through His prophecy to Moses - gave the commandents in the Written Torah, and the explanations of those commandments in the Oral Torah, and these are of an eternal nature and will not change or bend forever, nor will any of them ever be replaced or nullified.