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NUMBERS | 29:12 festival — NUM349 In his book of Jewish law, Maimonides show...

NUM349 In his book of Jewish law, Maimonides shows that Judaism not only tolerates non--Jews, but even offers the ultimate reward to non-Jews. While no other religions promise reward for those who do not follow that faith, Judaism declares that non-Jews who keep the seven basic Noahide laws (basic ideas and laws for all societies) attain the World to Come, without doing anything specifically "Jewish" (Maimonides, Hilchot Melachim 8:11). Moreover, the sacrifices brought to the Temple during one major Jewish holiday are not for the benefit of Jews, but are for the non-Jewish nations of the world. Thus, the seventy sacrifices on the seven days of Sukkoth are brought to help all of the non-Jews in the world (Numbers 29:12-24; Sukkah 55b). The Midrash says that if the non-Jews had been aware of this fact, they would never have destroyed the Holy Temple (Midrash, Bamidbar Rabbah 1:3).

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Source Page(s)354

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