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About Eli Hadar
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If you are a Jewish person who has been approached by missionaries and who is considering leaving the Jewish faith, please let me know and I will help you see how beautiful and moreover how right the Jewish religion is. Don't leave the truth of your fathers before you resolve the facts for yourself, and I can help you on that journey.

Experience
I have been involved in counter-missionary activity for several years, counseling many Jews who have left or have considered leaving Judaism having been attracted by other religions. I have been able to show the truth to these people through the correct reading of the texts (vs. deliberately wrong translations used by missionaries), through showing how missionaries manipulate the Jewish scriptures to achieve their goals, and through helping you rediscover the beauty and truth of authentic Judaism.

Organizations
Chabad synagogue in Atlanta

Education/Credentials
Largely self-taught, I still am and will be learning for a long, long time. I have educated myself through a wealth of resources, including Nachmanides' Disputation, Hyam Maccoby's writings on Christianity and Judaism, as well as such vast resources as Outreach Judaism, Torah Atlanta, and a great number of others.

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Orthodox Judaism - Jewish view of non jews

Expert: Eli Hadar - 10/24/2009

Question
Greetings. Thank you for your response.
Maybe I should make my question more specific, what is the Jewsih view of how non-jews should live& what to believe and the salvation of non jews. And another question I have is what does Judaism believe about life after death- are heavan and hell beliefs in Judaism?
Thanks in advance.

Answer
Hi Mariam,

The Jewish view is that everyone is able to worship the Creator of the Universe. Non-Jews have a way to worship Him without adhering to all 613 commandments that G-d gave specifically to the Jews, but rather to follow the 7 commandments that G-d gave to Noah after the Great Flood. These commandments are:

Idolatry is forbidden. Man is commanded to believe in the One G-d alone and worship only Him.

Incestuous and adulterous relations are forbidden. Human beings are not sexual objects, nor is pleasure the ultimate goal of life.

Murder is forbidden. The life of a human being, formed in G-d's image, is sacred.

Cursing the name of G-d is forbidden. Besides honoring and respecting G-d, we learn from this precept that our speech must be sanctified, as that is the distinctive sign which separated man from the animals.

Theft is forbidden. The world is not ours to do with as we please.

Eating the flesh of a living animal is forbidden. This teaches us to be sensitive to cruelty to animals. (This was commanded to Noah for the first time along with the permission of eating meat. The rest were already given to Adam in the Garden of Eden.)

Mankind is commanded to establish courts of justice and a just social order to enforce the first six laws and enact any other useful laws or customs.

All non-Jews who recognize G-d as the Creator of the Universe and practice these commandments are considered righteous Gentiles and will have a portion in the world-to-come - thus, G-d has salvation plan for ALL the people of the world, not just one specific nation.

As to your second question - I've answered a very similar question previously on this site, please check out this link and let me know if you have any follow-ups that I will be happy to address.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Orthodox-Judaism-952/2008/11/afterlife.htm

All the best,

Eli

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