The requirements are generally considered:

# To enter into the Covenant of Noah (decide to ~~keep~~ be a good person<ref>Based on Maimonides use of the ~~seven laws~~word "accept" (''המקבל'')</ref>)# To follow the commandments of G-d (keep the ~~six~~ seven laws)# To become part of one of 'seventy' legal systems (~~keep~~ necessary for the seventh law)# And to accept the 'rabbinic' interpretation of scripture~~, at least concerning the existance of the seven laws~~. (keep the above laws for the right reasons)<ref>At least concerning the existance of the seven laws. There are differing rabbinic opinions ~~on how an obvservant Noahide must recognize~~ whether recognizing rabbinic traditionis required, some hold that accepting these seven laws as 'divine' is enough.</ref>

Once one makes this step, the 'size' of one's portion in the world to come is determined by prayer, repentance, good deeds and good character. This may sound very similar to the teaching of other religions, particularly within the Abrahamic tradition, and it should be so. Judaism teaches that the Noahide covenant is the foundation of any proper society and religion.

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According to the [[Jerusalem Court for Bnei Noah]], to achieve formal status, a non-Jew today has to make a declaration before a Beit Din of Jews. According to many authorities<ref>Maimonides holds that the declaration is only required for a Ger Toshav. He holds that Ger Toshav only applies to those who live in Israel under a sovereign Jewish (Torah) State, others disagree. According to many authorities, there is value to the declaration of a person before a rabbinical court even outside of Israel.</ref>, there is value to the declaration of a person before a rabbinical court - — beis din - — that he or she accept and takes upon himself or herself the mitzvos of Bnei Noah. Therefore it is incumbent upon the beis din to accept such declarations from almost anyone who wants to make them.

The beis din facilitates declarations to allow Noahides to have a deeper and potentially more rewarding religious experience. This is according to the teaching that someone who observes a commandment after being obligated to do so is greater [perhaps: 'receives a greater reward'] than someone who voluntarily decides to keep a commandment whenever he or she fells like doing so.

==The Noahide Declaration==

A Noahide ~~declaration should include these points.~~declarations are often is based on the wording of Maimonides:

To be a ''Chasidei Umos HaOlam'', Righteous Gentile:

# ~~Accept~~ '''I accept''' — the authority of G-d in giving# '''The seven commandments''' — which are: Prohibition of Idolatry, Prohibition of Blasphemy, Prohibition of Homicide, Prohibition of Sexual Immorality, Prohibition of Theft, Prohibition of Limb of a Living Creature, Imperative of Legal System.# Be '''I will be careful ~~to perform them (that is~~ ''' — in all their subdivisions and details, including ''dinim'' - — the laws of the courts)# '''To perform them''' — to live my life in such a way as not to break these laws.# '''Because they were commanded by G-d''' — these laws come from a divine source.# '''Revealed to us by the hand of Moshe Rabbenu (''' — through Rabbinic tradition).<ref>alternatively, "as written in the Bible"</ref># ~~Were~~ '''That we were previously commanded in these things ''' (~~reconnecting with~~ reaffirming the ~~previous~~ ancient law & covenant)

To be a ''Ger Toshav'', Partial Convert

# ~~He must~~ '''I accept [these laws] on ~~himself~~ myself in front of three judges''' — I recognize and submit to the authority of this court.# '''This is in "every place", ''' — which ~~I believe means~~ some authorities understand to mean local rabbinical judges anywhere in the world.

One must remember that unlike 'conversion' to Christianity or Islam, the Noahide declaration is not a conversion process. — It is not marked with some right of passage, nor with some interrogation of proper dogma or belief. ~~Rather~~ — rather it is a declaration of intent to uphold the seven laws and their details, to become part of the jurisdiction of his/her nation's Noahide courts, and acceptance of the authority of Rabbinic tradition in these matters.

==Becoming a Noahide or Converting to Judaism==

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