Are Christians bound by the Old Testament laws?

Throughout the Old Testament there are many different laws that were to be followed at that time. Should Christians still follow them today? In order to answer this question we must realize that there are two categories of Laws: cultural and moral. The first category was specific to the Jewish people during that time frame. Those laws include things like not eating certain foods and purity laws. Moral laws are timeless laws that detail what is objectively wrong to do. They include things like prohibiting murder, adultery, lying, etc. When reading the Old Testament it is important to distinguish between the type of law that was written. This can be done by checking for context and the reason behind the law. For example if the law was given to keep someone "clean", we know that we are not obliged to follow it.