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Originally Posted by 1750
hello,
I was contacted by a relative of a friend of mine (booth of which are observing Orthodox Jews) to help him with an inheritance (in his words) "as he needs a gentile".
I have known my friend for over 30 years and have worked for him and his Father in one or the other capacity. I have accommodated him and his family in various ways such as pressing Elevators , turning on Dishwashers, etc. during Sabbath and Jewish holidays (while under his employment as well as while not under his employment).
My Friends Cousin I have known for about 20 years and have worked for him as an IT consultant as a favor for a very low fee. This phone call came as a surprise as we are not close and we have had no contact for over 10 years.
As I understand form this short phone conversation the Father passed away and some money shall pass from them to me and back to them. I also was told that I was to be compensated with a small fee for my troubles but no specific where mentioned.
I am not religious and always made it very clear to my religious friends that I am not. I was raised in a secular protestant society with a keen awareness of the achievements of "the religious wars" (to be able to live free from religious persecution).
I would like to know what my proper behavior would be in this situation from a religious and non religious Jewish perspective.
Thank you
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I am not a Jew, and boy I would love to be a Gentile who did things for Jews.
It doesnt matter in the least whether you a religious or not, God's promise does not depend on what you believe or what those Jews believe, in blessing Israel, you have already figured out that it has blessed you but the inheritance will be much more than you would expect, I think, especially if you helped them during Sukkot, or especially if you accepted the feast of Tabernacles enough to look upon it as an enjoyment.
Of course I would take the money and buy them something beneficial or if it was a significant amount, I would set up a fund for one of thei grandaghter's education, as it is, you sound like your almost there and there would be nothing to lose by going the extra step.
A crazy person like me, and being the most greedy of all men, I would seek a bonding covenant with the family in all seriousness, and because I am the wealthiest man in Texas, I would offer them all I had but they would refuse most likely.
Jus saying, I would pay to have my foot in the door of a Jewish family that I could assure them that even if I dint keep all the laws of Sukkot, that I do respect it and think it a beautiful thing. I hope that Jews always keep it.
Maybe intention is everything, perhaps doing things for Jews could be a test because blessing Israel is indeed a test.
God can and will reveal himself to people who believe his promises, and let me assure you, the Gentile who does what pleases God just happens to have the greatest promises in the whole of the bible.
God chose one people in this world, his people. The majority have always hated, persecuted and killed them in at least 3 genocide attempts where a third were killed.
Imagine being that raw person who doesnt have a spirit of hate, and somebody didnt believe in spirits, they only need to consider the spirit of Hitler and what accomplished.
Whether one believes a time of punishment was at hand or not, what one could certainly consider is this last Exodus that Godi literaly predicted.
The great miracles seen in the haganah, even when the world shapely watched as a ship of Jews were sent back to Germany.
This is a great time of blessing where God has began to do the impossible, in 1910, it was literally impossible for anyone to consider a strong nation of Israel, then the impossible happened however bad it was, something so impossible
That is reality and no matter if every single denominations of Christianity all disagreed, it is quite obvious that the Jews alone follow what God has demanded them to follow and the world has hated them. Lord forgive the people who dole it out, but you are in a unique position and I would gladly trade placed accepts I would sit down with the father, I would put his hand on my thigh and mine on his and sware not to accept any worldly gifts, only that if there is really an afterlife, that you will be called by his name when he comes into his inherirance.
If you took my advise, you would now owe me.
What Christian's and Jews do not know is that they are David.
It will be that not long from now, maybe you will be serving during Sukkot and when you walk out of the room with everything the same, maybe you will bring in the wine thinking to serve, but when you come back in, you will find that the wine had already been served and you will realize who you have been helping, and there will sit a table of Gods, even like the angel who sits before throne.
I would give up any worldly inheritance and only ask that you both sit down and you put your hand on his thigh, and his hand on yours, and request an inheritance of name alone.
That you be called by their name in afterlife, and it wouldn't even matter if they were Atheist.
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