Light Unto the Nations

Maimonides rules that every Jew was commanded at Sinai to influence all of mankind to observe the Seven Noahide Laws. Therefore, even in a place where not a single Jew seems to live, you must do everything in your power to make that place more civilized, by promoting the observance of the Seven Noahide Laws. More

Maimonides rules that every Jew was commanded at Sinai to influence all of mankind to observe the Seven Noahide Laws. In the past, Jews did not have the ability to do this. They were locked in ghettos and were forbidden to interact with, and certainly to influence, their non-Jewish neighbors… Torah exempts a person when circumstances are beyond his control – but it is not considered as if the mission were accomplished; the bottom line is that the goal was not achieved.

It is unquestionable that conditions have changed in recent times such that Jews and non- Jews have much greater interaction, and relations today are much closer and more connected. Therefore, even in a place where not a single Jew seems to live, you must do everything in your power to make that place more civilized, by promoting the observance of the Seven Noahide Laws.

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