"Rabbi
Meir used to say, 'Whence can we learn that even where a Gentile
occupies himself with the study of the Torah he is equal in status to
the High Priest? We find it stated: 'You shall observe My statues and My
ordinances, which a man shall do and live by them. I am YHWH.'
(Leviticus 18:5) It does not say 'priests, Levites and Israelites', but
'a man', which shows that even if a Gentile occupies himself with the
study of the Torah he is equal in status to the High Priest.'"
-- Talmud Bavli, Bava Kamma 38a
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