The Divine Code: The Guide to Observing the Noahide Code, Revealed from Mount Sinai in the Torah of Moses

If you are wondering what God asks of you, or how to deal with a “friend” that keeps inviting you to his church, this book is for you. It covers the nuts and bolts of how to keep the Seven Noachide Laws. Interestingly, it also covers things that ARE permitted, but one wouldn’t expect them to be.I bought both a trade paperback size hard copy and a Kindle ebook. Then I went through the books (in both versions), wrote in pencil the places that we students should read on a day-by-day basis, and noticed that there seem to be information in both versions that my be placed in a different location, so unless the missing data is penciled in by the user as footnotes or stickie tabs, it might make for some confusion. Neither version looks or reads like there’s ‘missing’ or ‘misplaced’ text is even missing, if you weren’t expecting to find it. Even so, one will not find a clearer or more thorough work in one place on putting the Seven Laws of Noah into action in the real world.

This book is very easy to understand and is a great way for a Noahide to know what G-d expects. A must read for everyone.

I absolutely love how this book lays everything out and is easy to comprehend. Great for individual and group study! It's a must have for everyone who wants to learn more about the Noahide Laws, details and obligations from a reliable Torah Observant source!

Detailed, well referenced and understandable. A life reference book the will be read for years to come. I recommend this to anyone seeking to become Bnei Noach.

I have the printed Second Edition, and now I u bought the e- book. This is by far the most accurate, explicit, and clear explanation in the legalistic sense of the Noahide Laws I have ever read (and I have several books about the topic). It is definetly the best resource text on the Law around and it has many support statements from several rabbis and associations. I do hope the Volume 2 can come out soon, I have been waiting for so many years!

I would give it 22 stars, but, 5 is the max. Absolutely the best book, out of the 1237 that I have read!

Thanks be to G-d Almighty for this wonderful book from Rabbi Moshe Weiner.

I am a muslim from Indonesia, and I'm interested in Noahide. Previously, I've read some books on this subject, particularly The Path of the Righteous Gentiles and The World of Ger (my favorite).To me, this book, The Divine Code, is difficult to digest, especially Chapter 3: The Prohibition Against Making a New Religion or Adding a CommandmentIn my understanding from this book, there are seven noahide laws that must be observed by all gentiles, and no one is allowed to add or subtract those seven laws (I assume we already know those seven laws). How about other commandments such as remember the sabbath day, circumcision, honoring one's parents, and charity?In my understanding (please cmiiw), according to this book, a gentile is not allowed to perform those commandments if he thinks God told him to do so. For example, a male gentile might get circumcised if it's for health reason, but he may not perform it if he thinks God commanded him to do so. Well, how about Genesis 17?We (muslims) are the followers of Abraham, and we circumcise our male children because we believe God told us (the followers of Abraham) to do so.Moreover, the book states, " ... honoring one's parent's and kindness and charity are obligated to be kept because such is the correct way for a person to act ... However, a Gentile MAY NOT KEEP THEM BECAUSE IT IS A COMMANDMENT FROM GOD, but rather because one is obligated to be a good, moral person" (p.63).Again, muslims are obligated to honor their parents because it's a commandment from God in the Quran, not because of some kind of logic. The same goes to charity. We perform charity because we believe God told us to do so in the Quran.I got the impression that according to this book, one cannot be a muslim and a noahide simultaneously.Because, as muslims, we observe some commandments that are not in the seven laws such as honoring one's parents, charity (tsedaka), circumcision, daily prayer, etc, which means, if we use the book's standard, muslims add some commandments to the Law. So, one must choose either as a muslim who adds some commandments to the Law or a noahide that stick only to those seven laws.However, I watched on youtube, that according to some rabbis (e.g. Rabbi Tovia Singer), it is possible for a muslim to be a noahide. I choose the latter opinion. I want to be a noahide and a muslim at the same time.For noahide reference, I stick to The World of Ger by Rabbi Chaim Clorfene and also The Path of the Righteous Gentile.

It is certainly an important publication on Noahide Law, extremely rich in references and sources.However, my assessment is negatively conditioned by the presence of some rulings that I consider very weak and questionable on the halachic level. I quote two of them.Rav Weiner peremptorily affirms that the belief in the existence of intermediaries between the Almighty and humanity, without any worship towards such entities, constitutes idolatry for the Jews, while for the non-Jews it is a legitimate conduct according to most part of the poskim, but it prevents the non-Jew from acquiring the status of "pious Gentile", and therefore from having part in the world to come. Now, in my opinion this ruling is incomprehensible on the halachic level. Rav Weiner relies on the decisions of Rambam (Maimonides), who however does not say at all what Rav Weiner claims. Rambam in fact establishes that those who worship intermediaries have no part in the world to come, not those who simply believe in their existence without worship towards them(Mishneh Torah - Hilchot Teshuvah chapter three), and Maimonides himself says that the Almighty makes use of "separate intellects", that is the malachim (so-called "angels") to act in the world (Guide of the Perplexed, part two). And again: great Sages of the Torah, such as Rabbeinu Bachya ben Asher, Nachmanides (Ramban), Yehuda Halevi, Ramchal (Rav Luzzatto) and many others, affirm that the Almighty established malachim, planets and stars such as His ministers to govern the nations of the non - Jews:these Sages remind us that worshiping such entities is idolatry for all, Jews and non-Jews, but they affirm that such lesser powers really exist.Another example: the book peremptorily states, based on Rambam's decision, that even non-Jews are forbidden to make complete humanoid statues, even for decorative purposes only, but Rav Weiner forgets to remind that very important poskim both ancient (Chatam Sofer) and moderns (Rav Moshe Feinstein z'l) disagree with Maimonides and consider such conduct, in their written responsa, perfectly lawful for non-Jews:it is fully legitimate to decide according to Maimonides, of course, but in my opinion it would have been right to highlight the opposite opinion on the matter expressed by relevant halachic authorities, a sign that the question is controversial and not peacefully defined.There would be other examples to cite, but that would lengthen my review even further.Therefore, a book definitely worth buying for anyone who wants to learn more about Noahide Law, but to check with other sources.

Das ist das beste Buch, daß ich über Bnej Noach gelesen habe. Das ist gut sowohl für Juden als auch für Noachiden. Durch dieses Buch habe ich mehr über die Unterschied und Gemeinsamkeit erfahren, die Juden und Bnej Noach verbinden. Ich verstehe jetzt, daß in der Welt entweder Juden oder Noachiden gibt; das heißt für mich, daß Religionen wie Islam, Christentum,u.s.w. nicht ein Teil von HaShems Plan sind.