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To: Mazda3Fan
Which old laws not longer applied after Christ and which ones still do?

The Torah laws applied to various groups depending on the specific law - some applied to all mankind, some applied only to Israelites, some applied only to Levites, some applied only to male Levites, some only applied to Levites serving as Temple priests and some applied only to the High Priest.

Certain of those laws were contingent on circumstances - the existence of the Temple in Jerusalem, for example - and some are clearly not bound by any timeframe, any set of circumstances or any specific etnnic background or social role.

Those Torah laws which apply to all men for all time were never changed, altered or abolished, nor could they be.

Those universally applicable laws include those regarding the treatment of one's own body, the treatment of one's fellow human beings and the necessity of honoring God.

49 posted on 07/12/2006 11:03:42 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: wideawake
I agree. In Maimonides' famous formulation, the Torah as given by Moses from God to the Jewish people is the only Torah that will ever exist and not a word of it will be changed from the beginning to the end of time.

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

60 posted on 07/12/2006 11:09:58 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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