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The Talmud contains a number of passages that depict gentiles in a positive light. For example, there are a number of passages that affirm a gentile's right to study the Torah.
In the next lesson, I will outline the surprising and little-understood extent to which the Talmud imposes responsibility upon Jews for the welfare of gentiles. These responsibilities apply even to gentiles who reject the seven Noahide laws, and even if they persist in the worship of idols.
The Talmud several times quotes Rabbi Meir: “How do we know that even a non-Jew who occupies himself with the Torah is like the High Priest? For it is written ‘which if a man do, he shall live’ – not Priests, Levites, or Israelites, but MAN.
According to the Talmud, "Gentiles are neither to be lifted [out of a well] nor hauled down [into it]" (Tractate Avodah Zarah, 26b).
מִתְיַיחֵד אָדָם עִם אִמּוֹ וְעִם בִּתּוֹ וְיָשֵׁן עִמָּהֶן בְּקֵירוּב בָּשָׂר. וְאִם הִגְדִּילוּ זֶה יָשֵׁן בִּכְסוּתוֹ וְזֶה יָשֵׁן בִּכְסוּתוֹ. וְלֹא יִלְמַד רַװָק סוֹפְרִים וְלֹא תִלְמַד אִשָּׁה סוֹפְרִים. רִבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר אַף מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ אִשָּׁה לֹא יִלְמַד סוֹפְרִים. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר לֹא יִרְעֶה רַװָק אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה.
Despite their simplistic exterior, these pithy sayings convey great depth and spiritual insight, from which the sages derived much wisdom. Here is a sampling of these quotes culled from the Talmud and adapted into English.
The Meiri (13th-century Talmud commentator) wrote in many places that one must distinguish between idol worshippers and "the nations who are bound by religious behavior and civility."
