And the earth had become corrupt before Hashem . . . (6:11) Dayan Abramsky deduced from these words that the earth had become corrupt “before Hashem” but it did not seem ..
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When Noach goes out of the ark the first thing he does (arguably; perhaps the korbanos he offered on his newly-built mizbayach came first) is plant a vineyard. And the ensuing ..
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“Make for yourself an ark” Bereishis 6:14 Rashi asks a simple question, why did Hashem burden Noach with this 120 year project??? The answer Rashi gives ..
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Parsha Noach; Noah’s ark After 40 days and 40 nights of solid rain, and much longer for the earth to dry and reach normal water levels, the dove finally doesn’t ..
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We know the story; Noach builds an ark and thus survives the flood. (it’s v interesting that they have found loads of archaelogical evidence as proof that ..
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“And Noach awoke and knew what his youngest son (Cham) had done to him. And he said: ‘Cursed is Canaan, he will be a servant to his brothers’” (Bereishit ..
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Noah at the root of Shabbat – an oasis of rest and tranquility in time – the root of that tranquility – menuchah – is No-ach – a rock in the midst of the rising ..
Written by Rabbi Shimshon Silkin
The Torah states that Noach went into the Teivah (ark) “MiPnei Mei HaMabul,” “due to the waters of the flood” (Bereishis 7:7). Rashi comments ..
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The flood which destroys all but a select handful of the world’s population, most notably Noah, was not the most ‘efficient’ way to destroy a world. Noah and his family ..
Written by Rabbi Andrew Savage