Can a Noahide Earn the Same Reward as a Jew?

It's a very, very good question. So, a Noahide does not have the same tools to connect to Hashem as a Jew because a Jew that uh takes advantage of the mitzvot by uh putting on their tefillin, by shaking the lulav and etrog, by uh you know, eating kosher. All of those mitzvot are not just something you're going to get a reward for in the next world, but it's something that's going to impact your neshama in this world while you're here. It'll become It'll make you more receptive to mitzvot. You'll become more connected to Hakadosh Baruch Hu. All of those mitzvot affect you in this world and the next. Now, a Noahide does not have those same tools, but they do have tools that are specifically catered to them. So, for example, the Noahide laws are not just something that is decent to do, it's good to do, and good for you if you don't murder people. No. Just like the Jewish neshama is specifically tuned to receive the uh the the impact of tefillin, the non-Jewish neshama is specifically tuned to benefit from the Noahide laws and everything that that's around them. So, when you decide not to murder your partner, guess what? That's going to help your neshama. When you decide not to eat a living animal, that's going to help your neshama. When you decide to pray to Hashem from your own words, from your heart, guess what? There's a very good chance your prayer is more impactful than somebody that's praying in a synagogue but doesn't have kavana. So, certainly those things will help you. The second thing is, when you learn parts of the Torah that are applicable to you, like the Chumash, the Five Books of Moses, the Tanakh, and the basic commentary on it, learning mussar, those are things that will impact your neshama. And the more loyal you are to what the sages said that you're supposed to learn, the more your neshama will continue growing closer to Hashem. Last but not least, if a Noahide wants not just to get out of jail free card, but rather they want to have a reward that is as great as what a Jew would get. As a Jew would get. When a Jew puts on tefillin, it's not the same thing as a non-Jew that's not murdering somebody. Or, you know, judging in a court because they have to have a court. So, the reward obviously that a Jew is going to get for tefillin is going to be much higher than the reward that, uh, you know, that the, uh, non-Jew is going to get for not killing somebody. But, if a non-Jew wants to get the maximum reward, something that's like out of this world, that's above and beyond anything that they can do for themselves, is they support or do kiruv. Why? When you help another Jew do teshuvah because you supported financially, because you gave them a book, because you gave them a USB, because you decided to sponsor some of the, uh, tablets and you gave it to people. And now a Jew is doing mitzvot. Those mitzvot that Jew does is bigger than all the things you can do in your life as a non-Jew. He puts on tefillin every day. HASHEM HAS TO PAY you that credit. Hashem doesn't leave anybody empty-handed. If [snorts] you as a non-Jew help a Jew do teshuvah because you supported it, the result of that is greater than anything you can do for yourself. Gedolah ma'aseh min ha'oseh. Greater is the one that enables a person to do than the person that does himself. So, here the opportunity that non-Jews have in kiruv, it's not like the Jewish people. Relatively speaking, it's a bigger one. Why? Because the Jew has other things to do that are really big. On a daily basis, on a life basis, that maybe are not as great as helping another person do teshuvah, but they could do a lot of stuff themselves that will get them into a really nice place in Gan Eden. >> Non-Jews can do chesed, the acts of acts of service. >> Huh? >> I said non-Jews can do chesed. >> That is That's the ultimate chesed. Helping another Jew do teshuvah is the ultimate chesed. So, let's say for example, you go and feed the poor. So, you helped another poor. That's very kind. That's very good. That's fantastic. But, the ultimate chesed is to help a person, another Jew, return to Hashem. There is nothing that you could compare it to. Why? It's returning the son or daughter of the king to the king. And the reward for that is exponentially higher than anything else. And that's why anybody that has been watching my shiurim over the years that's not Jewish, they have to understand that as important as it is for them to learn, for them to feed poor people, for them to be nice to be All of them wonderful things. If you want to like simply put everything all in on something, put all in on helping people Jewish people do teshuvah. Why? There's simply nothing that will pay you as great a reward as that. So, and guess what? The more you help Hakadosh Baruch Hu's children do teshuvah, the more you're in essence making yourself a uh needed in the world. Why needed? Not that Hashem needs you, rather your actions benefit others. And Hakadosh Baruch Hu judges people based on not just their own actions, but how their actions affect somebody else, all the people around them. So, for example, there could be a wicked person that Hashem keeps him alive because their friend is a tzaddik. And even though he's wicked, the friend of the tzaddik doesn't deserve to suffer. Doesn't deserve to suffer that his friend will die. So, Hashem will keep the wicked person alive just for the merit of the tzaddik. So, when a person gets involved in publicizing kiruv and helping people do teshuvah on a regular basis where they're really doing something, they're doing their maximum of what they can do, then in essence, the merits and the needs of those that are affected by it will help that person not only in the next world, but also in this world. Why? Because if Hashem sees, "Okay, this one this guy, he's my soldier. He's my soldier. He wants to help my kids come back to me. So, guess what? I'm going to give him more tools. Whether it's money, or it's time, or it's health, or it's whatever it is." And I've seen it with my own eyes where people that are not Jewish that have supported kiruv, they've seen extraordinary miracles in their life. I mean, cures from cancer, uh financial success, all types of amazing things. So, it's actually one of the things that Melech prayed for to Hashem that Hashem, uh when it comes to Am Yisrael, only answer their prayers if it's good for them. But when the non-Jews pray to you, answer their prayers. Period. Why? Because if the Jew is praying to you, and uh you know, and and you don't him, he's still going to believe in you. He's still going to believe you. So, at least to just answer him if it's good for him. But, the non-Jew, if he prays to you and you don't answer him, he'll stop believing in you. He doesn't have the same connection as you because they don't have the same mitzvot as the Jew does. So, answer their prayers. When a non-Jew becomes a supporter of doing kiruv, they're literally making themselves a partner with Hashem in getting the children home. And I would not be surprised that it's only a matter of time before those types of people either end up becoming converts, they convert and the situation opens, becomes available where they're able to convert, or their kids convert. I actually have some students where, uh you know, the parents were, uh you know, not able to convert for different reasons, but their kids end up converting to Judaism. The kids ended up, uh you know, growing up and deciding they want to convert to And guess what? That parent is benefiting from that kid's mitzvah also. It started with them. >> We are meant to be a light unto the nations, not to follow their misguided practices. Every Jew must [music] remember that he is a Jew and she is a Jew. We do not celebrate non-Jewish holidays, even if they seem harmless. It is a zilzul, a disrespect to the Torah, and [music] it leads to chillul Hashem, a desecration of God's name. Stick to our holy Torah and our own holidays. That is the path of a true Jew.