Explain to me the Jewish Law or where I can research it?
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http://www.askmoses.com/qa_detail.html?h=411&o=2705
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Go here, it might help.\n\nhttp://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/cc.html
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u will find some thing in here\nhttp://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/006008.html\nhttp://www.orgsites.com/mi/judah/
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the kabbalah center has online courses and literature. check out the link below. It;s a good start
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They are not a religion.\n\nThe Noahides laws are the laws that Judaism teaches that all of mankind is morally bound to follow. \nAll denominations of Judaism hold that gentiles (non-Jews) are not obligated to follow Jewish law and custom; only Jews are obligated do so. Since traditional rabbinic Judaism has always affirmed a fairly strong view of religious pluralism, it teaches that gentiles are not obligated to convert to Judaism; as long as people live in accord with a basic set of moral laws, they can and do have a meaningful relationship with God. \n\nThe Noahide laws are those laws of God which are seen as binding upon all people, due to the agreement of Noah and his family to abide by them. According to the biblical account, the great flood killed all of mankind except Noah's family, hence all people now alive are held to be descendants of Noah. \n\nThere are differing accounts of the obligations thereby imposed on man: Islam for instance interprets them with additional tales of Noah. \n\nIn Judaism, these rules were derived in the Talmud (Tractate Sanhedrin 57a), and are listed here: \n\n\nTo not engage in idolatry \nTo not blaspheme God \nTo not murder \nTo not engage in sexual immorality \nTo not steal \nTo not eat flesh cut from a living animal \nTo establish courts and a system of justice. \nAnyone who lives by these laws is termed a Noahide (follower of the covenant of Noah), also called a righteous gentile. \n\nTheft, robbery, and stealing covers the appropriate understanding of other persons, their property, and their rights. \n\nThe establishment of courts of justice promotes the value of the responsibility of a corporate society of people to enforce these laws, and define these terms. \n\nThe refusal to engage in unnecessary lust or cruelty demonstrates respect for the Creation itself, as renewed after the Flood.
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At the time the laws were originally given to the Isrealites they were actual laws.  They were known as the Mosaic Law covenant.  As long as the Isrealites stayed faithful to God they would have his protection and favor. Unfortunately the Isrealites did not remain faithful and they lost that favor.  The Mosaic Law covenant became null when Jesus was put to death.  A new covenant was put in place that all nations were bound to not just the Isrealites.  This covenant provided a complete forgivness of sin through Jesus' ransom sacrifice.
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I am not a Jew but I spent a year in Israel and worshipped with Messianic Jews and have friends among them. I've been to Messianic Jewish churches in England too. I know how they think.\n\nMost of the answers above are inaccurate.\n\nIn Israel there are many Christians like you who want to respect and adopt the Jewish tradition. I warn you strongly against it.\n\nRead Galatians and Acts 15. The early Church had to square up to the issue of whether or not gentiles should obey the Torah, and came down firmly against it. It leads to re-enslavement, this time to the Law, which Christ died to set us free from. We do His will by the help of the Holy Spirit, not by attempting to keep the Law, which we will fail at anyway.\n\nThe Christians I've met, mostly in Israel, who start to dabble with Judaism begin by worshipping on Shabbat (Sabbath), keeping the Jewish festivals and using Hebrew terminology. Many become more and more influenced until they believe we have to obey all 613 commandments in Leviticus. There are even extreme cases who ditch Jesus altogether. I knew a New Zealander in Jerusalem who had been baptised in the Spirit and spoken in tongues for 15 years or so. He became convinced that Judaism was correct and that Jesus was a deceiver and, in fact, (God forgive me for repeating this) that He was Satan.\n\nBEWARE!
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Torah doesn't mean law, it means "instruction."\n\nOn a strict level, the word Torah is usually used in reference to the first five books of Moses;  hence they are called "Torah Scrolls."\n\nHowever, we Jews tend to use the word Torah a bit loosely - we use it to refer to all of Jewish law, wisdom, and tradition.
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Good Lord. \nThe Old Testament was under the Law of Moses. As a christian today you should know that Jesus' death and resurrection removed us from the curse of the 'Law'. In the Old testament Israel was a fledgling nation. They were trying to seperate themselves from the 'pagans' Plus they were a lot less civilized than we are today. \nGod does not want you to kill your child, come on. If you truly believe that then you need psychological help and all your children should be removed from you care.
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It's no mystery.  The old testament covers Jewish morality.  Start with the ten commandments, for example.  You know Jewish morality already, you just don't realize it.
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:}\nThe bible forbid Jews from charging interest also \nbut that was based on an agrarian economy not a system built on capitalism.\nI'm not sure it still applies
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http://www.chabadenmark.com/`\nYOU CAN E-MAIL AND THEY WILL TELL YOU
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From religioustolerance.org:\n\nGemara (one Babylonian and one Palestinian) is encyclopedic in scope. It includes comments from hundreds of Rabbis from 200 - 500 CE, explaining the Mishnah with additional historical, religious, legal, sociological, etc. material. It often records many different opinions on a topic without giving a definitive answer.
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Interesting. Ok... I looked it up a bit. In the Jewish religion a person must be convicted first. The Talmud has strict laws about the convicting of people on death penalty laws. First it must be premeditated which means the person told someone exactly what he is about to do. If the person leaves the plan he told that person he cannot be convicted. Secondly, there must be three witnesses of the act. Finnaly the line on insanity is very clear and even small things could conclude insanity. Even hinting you may want the death penalty may mean insanity. This must be in a court and must strictly follow the Talmudic law. Please note that in Isreal in the last 300 years only one person has been executed. This was for the murder of many jews in the holocaust.
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Contra Richard, I think there ARE times in Jewish Law when one must choose to break one law to uphold a greater one.  In the case of a law from the Torah versus a rabbinic law, the law from the Torah is always upheld.  In other cases, a rabbi needs to be consulted.\n\nBut in the case you have delineated, I can't see that either of the laws needs to be broken.  However, I do not know much about male "needs" and I guess it is possible that a man can be so driven with desire that he feels he must have some release.  In that case, MY intuition says it would be better for him to pleasure himself than to commit adultery or fornication - because to do the latter means he is involving someone else in his transgression.  But I am not a Rabbi, and I do not know all the nuances of the Laws, so that is why I say to consult a rabbi.
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Read Levitcus (book in the bible), it covers bibilcal law.
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Leviticus is the Jewish law.You are not supposed to follow these laws because you are under grace & not the law.Although much of the Old Testament doesn't apply to us we can see types & pictures all through it.For instance in Isaiah you can see Christ.He tells of His death burial & resurrection.Also of the suffering that Christ would go through.Of course this is all through the Old Testament.