Rabbi Aaron Lichtenstein told a story of being a young student of “The Rav” Joseph B. Soloveitchik, who was far from from anything chassidic. The Rav told his students to become familiar the Sheva Mitzvot B’nai Noach because non-Jews would be coming to them for explanations in the future.
This was around late ‘50s, early ‘60s when the Seven Laws were seldom studied at all.
So it’s not just Chabad that has changed their attitude toward teaching the Seven Laws.
This was around late ‘50s, early ‘60s when the Seven Laws were seldom studied at all.
So it’s not just Chabad that has changed their attitude toward teaching the Seven Laws.
That's really amazing, jjotto.
Back in my younger days (when I was a chrstian but still drawn to Judaism) I could understand why Jews would reject chrstianity, but one thing always bothered me: that Judaism apparently had no message to the vast majority of mankind. The fact that chrstianity did was one thing that kept me hanging on so long. (Please understand that I am not criticizing the reluctance to engage non-Jews during periods when doing so could get entire communities wiped out.)