Dear Friend,

We are happy to welcome you to the beginning of your authentic relationship with HaShem, the G-d of Abraham, Isaak and Jacob, the G-d of Israel, Havaya is His Holy Name.

You are fulfilling the Prophecy of Zecharia 2:15:

טו:     וְנִלְווּ֩ גוֹיִ֨ם רַבִּ֚ים אֶל־יְהֹוָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֖י לְעָ֑ם וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֣י בְתוֹכֵ֔ךְ וְיָדַ֕עַתְּ כִּי־יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֵלָֽיִךְ

“And many nations shall join the Lord on that day (today), and they shall be My people (you become part of the People of HaShem, whitout converting to Judaism and not becoming a Jew of course); and I will dwell in your midst and you shall know that the Lord of Hosts sent me to you.”

By the same token this signifies you entering into an active relationship with the Jewish People for the Study of Torah, applying the 7 commandments in the right way and to increase in acts of goodness and kindness.

As Zecharia prophesied in 14:9:

וְהָיָ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִֽהְיֶ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶחָ֖ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ אֶחָֽד

“And the Lord (HaShem) shall become King over all the earth (we will know that He is the Only an the Totality of Reality); on that day shall the Lord be one, and His name (Havaya) one (known by all).”

As you are getting ready to do your Declaration of Faith in the G-d of Israel please carefully review the following parts of this document, before you do your Declaration in front of a Beit Din of three Rabbis:

1 - Acknowledge here the fundamental definitions of Torah in what it clearly means to live as a Noahide, a Gentile who observes the Noahide Code.

2 - Acknowledge that to be in a healthy Relationship with your Creator it is required you to be on a weekly basis relationship with a Rabbi with whom you study Torah and receive guidance for different matters in your life.

3 - Acknowledge that HaShem, the Jewish People and the Torah are one inseparable Unity, and that we cannot live in an illusion of having one without the other.

• By definition, a Gentile (who is born from a Gentile mother), or Noahide is by birth automatically a Ben (son) or Bat (daughter) of Noah as a Jew by birth is automatically a Jew.

• By making this declaration you will become an observant Noahide, and according to Torah Law a Ger Toshav in every place, a Foreign Citizen, meaning a Person who is not Jewish but a Citizen of this world.

• The Rabbinical recognition of one's Declaration of Faith and commitment to live as an Observant Noahide (i.e. a Chassid Umot Ha'Olom – Pious of the Nations of the World, as defined by Rambam in Laws of Kings 8:11) can be obtained by the Declaration of Faith and verbal affirmation in front of three Orthodox Jews, The Rabbis ( here of the Noahide Academy of Israel) who are experts in the Torah’s Noahide Code. When this has been affirmed to three Jews, it satisfies the requirements for public Rabbinical recognition, and delineates what the ben or bat Noah has personally accepted the Ruling of Torah, Guidance of the Jewish People and His Commitment to HaShem, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the G-d of Israel.

• Multiple members of a Noahide family (parents and children) may each make a separate Declaration of Faith. Declarations by children should not be made until after they have reached the age of Torah maturity (13 for boys, 12 for girls).

• A Gentile who observes the Seven Noahide Commandments (7 Mitzvot) with the faith that he is so commanded by G-d through the Torah of Moses is considered to be a Chassid, Pious, (i.e. one of the Chassidei Umot Ha'Olom).  Among Gentiles, the Chassidei Umot Ha’Olom merit to receive a share in the future World to Come along with the Jewish People. Even if a Noahide is not technically required to do a Formal declaration in front of three Jews, he needs to have heard from the mouth of a Jew that he was commanded by HaShem in the Torah to know, keep and uphold the 7 Commandments in order to have a share in the resurrection of the Dead and in Eternal Life in the World to Come.

• However, when an Observant Noahide has made an affirmation to three Orthodox Jewish Rabbis he has publicized his rejection of idol worship and that he has rise to the level of reward of one who is personally commanded by G-d to observe the Noahide Laws.

The above principles are presented in Likkutei Sichot, Vol. 26, Shemot, third Sicha of Parshat Yitro, p. 132-144. They are explained in more detail by Rabbi Moshe Weiner (Jerusalem, Israel) in his preface to Sheva Mitzvot Hashem, Vol. 1 (pub. February 20’08 by Ask Noah International).