Avoda Zora 3a § 1
Equal to the Kohen Gadol
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From where do we know that even an idol worshipper
who is occupied in Torah study is like a Kohen Gadol?
The Torah says about the Torah's laws and teachings:
You shall observe My decrees
and My laws which man shall
carry out and by which he shall live.
It doesn't say in the verse, Kohanim, Leviim, and Yisraelim.
Rather, the verse states simply: man.
This means that even an idol worshipper
who is occupied in Torah study is like a Kohen Gadol.
Apparently, even idolaters do receive reward
for keeping to the Noahide Code that applies to them.
who is occupied in Torah study is like a Kohen Gadol?
The Torah says about the Torah's laws and teachings:
You shall observe My decrees
and My laws which man shall
carry out and by which he shall live.
It doesn't say in the verse, Kohanim, Leviim, and Yisraelim.
Rather, the verse states simply: man.
This means that even an idol worshipper
who is occupied in Torah study is like a Kohen Gadol.
Apparently, even idolaters do receive reward
for keeping to the Noahide Code that applies to them.