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Torah Portion -
Noach
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Written by Yehuda
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Parsha NOAH
"And G-d said to Noah, saying, "Go out from the ark...................................." (8:15-16)
In Bereshis Rabbah 34:4, Chazal (Sages) tell us that Noah reasoned the following:"Just as I entered the ark only after I was told to do so, so will I exit the ark only after I am told to do so." A question can be asked, if Noah reasoned such then why in verse 8 :6-12 did he send the Dove in order to know whether the flood waters had receded or not. Noah was not going to leave the ark until told to do so, so for what purpose did he send the dove ? It would have not made a difference anyhow ?
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Torah Portion -
Noach
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Written by Rabbi Don Moskovitz
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And they came (the pure creatures) to the ark seven by seven, male and female.
G-d's command was that only the pure (kosher species) creatures be taken seven each of male and female, yet the impure creatures (non-kosher species) be taken only two each, male and female each.
This shows that Hashem embued within each creature the understanding that each knew or understood that he/she was either a pure or impure creature, for the Torah had not yet been passed down to the Jewish people.
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Torah Portion -
Noach
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Written by Daniel Sandground
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Parashas Noach – A Tzaddik in His Time?
This week's sedra needs little introduction as the story of Noach and the flood is probably the most well known from the Torah. Unfortunately, however, although the colourful pictures of animals walking into the ark in formation which appear in children's books are quite pleasant... the flood itself was not such a pretty event with the whole of the human race being wiped out due, ultimately, to their failure to rectify that original infamous sin of Adam in the Garden of Eden. The ten generations from Adam to Noach had slumped progressively further from Hashem, with the population at the time of Noach being deemed a total failure with no other resort seen by Hashem than to press the reset button and begin a fresh. According to Abarbanel, this is the reason why Noach is once again mentioned in this sedra, despite him being previously listed as the last link in the genealogy of his predecessors... because he and his offspring were to become the new founders of mankind. So I think a good place to start is by asking... who were Noach and his sons?
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Torah Portion -
Noach
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Written by Rafi Jager
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Our sages teach us that the construction of the ark took 120 years. Although Hashem could have saved Noach and his family in many ways, which would have saved much time and energy, the sages teach us that He specifically chose to have Noach go through this arduous task to arouse the curiosity of all who passed by. This would enable Noach to have a chance to explain to them that Hashem was planning a flood that would destroy the entire world because of the evil that had pervaded it. The passerby would, hopefully, be impressed enough to change his behaviour and begin to live a more ethical lifestyle. Is it not odd that from the thousands of people who must have passed by and seen Noach hammering away, not one ever allowed himself to be inspired and to be saved from death? We know that only Noach, his wife, his sons, and their wives were protected in the ark throughout the flood. Apparently, no one else had decided to repent. If they had, they would have been saved. How could this be?
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Torah Portion -
Noach
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Written by Rafi Jager
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Why does the Torah go out of its way to inform us that Noach had three sons? Couldn't it have simply listed their names and we could have counted them for ourselves? As a matter of fact, the Torah does just that at the end of last week's parsha when it delineates Noah's genealogy. Why provide us with this unnecessary number?
Rabbi David Feinstein points out that the Talmud asks a similar question regarding the two sacrificial goats that are brought for the special Yom Kippur service in the Temple. There is a general grammatical rule of thumb in the Torah that when no number is attached to a plural noun, then it refers to two of that item. If this is the case, then why does the Torah, in Leviticus 16:5, go out of its way to say that two goats were necessary for the offering?
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