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The time the laws came around was long before the Christian faith.
G-d "created the world that it might be settled". (Isaiah 45:18) This implies a level of civilized conduct, which can be achieved only when non-Jews also observe their matzot. Indeed, the perfection of the world that leads to the Messianic Era requires the spreading of the seven commandments that G-d through the Torah provided for all the nations of the world.
These are the Seven Noahide Laws, as enumerated in the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 56a:
carry out justice - An imperative to pursue and enforce social justice, and a prohibition of any miscarriage of justice.
no blasphemy - Prohibits a curse directed at the Supreme Being.
no idolatry - Prohibits the worship of any human or any created thing. Also prohibited is the making of idols and involvement with the occult. This necessitates an understanding of the One G-d of Israel and His nature.
no illicit intercourse - Prohibits adultery, incest, homosexual intercourse and bestiality, according to Torah definitions.
no homicide - Prohibits murder and suicide. Causing injury is also forbidden.
no theft - Prohibits the wrongful taking of anther's goods.
don't eat a limb of a living creature - Promotes the kind treatment of animal life. It also encourages an appreciation for all kinds of life and respect for nature as G-D's creation.
The authority of these laws derives from the verse, "And the Lord G-d commanded it upon the man?" (Gen. 2:16). They were given again to the nations of the world through the teachings of Moses at Marah (Ex. 15:25-16), but are known by the name of Noah because they first became fully applicable in his time, when meat-eating became permitted.
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