A Gentile Question Part 2
Posted by Torah Focus on 10 Jun 2008 at 12:00 am
Tagged as: ARBA4, Midrashim, Torah Focus
Midrashim - with Dr. Walter Oakley
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Program #23 - A Gentile Question Part 2
“A Gentile Question.” What does the Gentile have to do to inherit the olam haba?
I pick up where we left off with the Pirke Avot (Pirke Avot 1:10-12) and the Talmud (Yoma 71b).
I discuss the Maxim of Hillel purported in Avot 1:12 “Be the Disciple of Aaron, Love peace and Draw your students near to the Torah.”
I begin to explore the gentile ancestry of Shemayah and Avyalyon. I discuss the Elisha and Gehazi his servant (talmid) in relationship to Naaman. Follow the following link to read what the Jewish Encyclopedia has to say about Naaman. (Naaman)
I discuss the level of the Gentile in relation to conversion and associated phrases such as Ger toshav, Ger Tzaddik, Talmidim and talmid.
I elaborate on the saying from the Talmud attributed to Shemayah and Avyalyon “concerning entering in peace.”
