A Noachide who wishes to observe any of the laws of the Torah is not prevented from doing so. With regard to the prohibition against a Noachide studying the Law or observing the Sabbath, see [[Gentile in Relation to Jews]].
He who observed the seven Noachian laws was regarded as a domiciled alien foreign resident (, 'Ab. Zarah 64b; see [[ProselyteGer Toshav]]), as one of the pious of the Gentiles, and was assured of a portion in the world to come (Tosef., Sanh. xiii. 1; Sanh. 105a; comp. ib. 91b; "Yad," l.c. viii. 11). In Talmudic times the non-Jews of Babylon were apparently sunk in the grossest immorality, so that 'Ula, one of the earlierBabylonian amoraim, complains that out of the thirty laws (see above) which the Noachide accept they observe only three—they do not write a marriage contract ("ketubah") for pederasty; they do not sell human flesh in their shops; and they show respect for the Torah (H.ul. 92b).
In the Messianic age the Noachide will accept all the laws of the Torah, although later they will again reject them (Yer. 'Ab. Zarah ii. 1).
