So you’ll have noticed I’ve been writing regularly about the “ger” group. Yeah, a number of upstanding good Gentiles have had to deal with the imposition of a number of them. I’m in their midst, but I’m nothing compared to how they’ve been standing up for not just truth but decency. Unfortunately, this article is […]
So again the claim is repeated that a “ger toshav” is one who keeps the seven laws. Simple question: what does “ger toshav” mean in English? A resident alien, a foreigner who emigrates to Torah ruled Israel and resides there. So the term doesn’t apply to any Gentile in the world who keeps the seven […]
I read, with consternation, a rabbi publicising his conclusion that “Noahides” are permitted to keep the Jewish Sabbath. Now I’ve got to state now, this rabbi uses “Noahide” in a limited sense as only those that keep the seven laws, especially because of the Torah/Instruction given at Sinai. Maimonides calls such people “pious” so continuing […]
One of the “odd immigrants,” the evangelising gerrings, made a claim about Naaman, that he was a “ger toshav” but never moved to Israel. He offered pictures from a book as evidence. See? As you may see, his main point is Naaman was just a Gentile who forever lived in Aram or Syria yet was […]
Understand that the tendency of people to spiritualise things is strong amongst those who may refer to themselves as “ger” or more properly “odd immigrants.” As I just found out, it is so easy to forego or move straight past the natural meaning of a word and aim for the more fuzzy “spiritualism.” It is […]
Sorry. More “ger” stuff. Forgive me. The definition of the Hebrew word “ger” is someone who has left his home, family and land, and has moved to another land and to another people. English words that can be used to translate it are “immigrant,” “alien settler,” “foreign resident,” and “sojourner.” In the context of Torah-ruled […]
Now I come to Chapter Six of Part 1, Fundamentals of the Faith, and this chapter is called “Serving God; Prayer and Grace After Meals.” Again, it goes against the flow to say what I’m about to, but do I care? Of course not. This chapter has nothing to do with the Seven Commandments. Serving […]
Someone, a gerring, showed me a copy of a translated Talmud to prove his point that “ger” exists today and is equivalent to the so-called “noahide.” The translated text highlighted for me a possible source of error that arises when people leave Hebrew terms transliterated but untranslated. Actually, something else comes to mind which seems […]
Yes, I’m using the term “ger” in the same way as if I had caught “crabs” or got some other irritating infestation or infection that I want to get rid of. A few of them started to infest one of my online localities and now I don’t know whether to quarantine myself or try to […]
[unedited by me, David] Attention Righteous Gentiles Re: Ger Toshav Part 1 What is a Ger Toshav? The Jewish people have many commands regarding settling the land of Israel. The Talmud, Avodah Zarah 20a understands a prohibition of allowing idolaters to settle the land, from Deut 7:1-2, and codified in the Shulchan Aruch 151:8. As […]
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