Insights from Maseches Avoda Zara

[The One and Only Mo]

I was learning some gemara over shabbos and I came across some interesting things pertaining to righteous gentiles that I wanted to share as a point of interest. Unfortunately, I have a hard time remembering some of the details. If anybody wants, they are mostly from ArtScroll's intro to the masechta. It was very enriching.

[muman613]

Very nice... But it would be helpful if you explain what it is you learned? Or did you really learn it? Listening to the Rabbi talk doesn't necessarily mean you absorbed the information. I did some learning concerning Daf Sanhedrin 59a-b at the end of last week and it concerns some of those issues. The key to understanding what is being said {at least concerning Sanhedrin 59} is to understand what is meant by 'righteous gentile'...

According to Sanhedrin 59a a true righteous gentile who studies Torah is compared to the Kohen Gadol.... While an Idolator who studies Torah is Chaiv Mitta...

[The One and Only Mo]

Very nice... But it would be helpful if you explain what it is you learned? Or did you really learn it? Listening to the Rabbi talk doesn't necessarily mean you absorbed the information. I did some learning concerning Daf Sanhedrin 59a-b at the end of last week and it concerns some of those issues. The key to understanding what is being said {at least concerning Sanhedrin 59} is to understand what is meant by 'righteous gentile'...

According to Sanhedrin 59a a true righteous gentile who studies Torah is compared to the Kohen Gadol.... While an Idolator who studies Torah is Chaiv Meis...

I learned it on my own.