Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parashat Noah NOAH, WITH HIS SONS, HIS WIFE, AND HIS SONS' WIVES, WENT INTO THE ARK BECAUSE OF THE WATERS OF THE FLOOD. OF THE CLEAN ANIMALS, OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE NOT CLEAN, OF THE BIRDS, AND OF EVERYTHING THAT CREEPS ON THE GROUND, TWO EACH, MALE AND FEMALE, CAME TO NOAH INTO THE ARK, AS GOD HAD COMMANDED NOAH.  (Bereishit 7:7-9)   THEY CAME TO NOAH INTO THE ARK, TWO EACH OF ALL FLESH IN WHICH THERE WAS BREATH OF LIFE.  (Ibid. ibid. 15)  ...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parashat Noach AND ALL THE WORLD WAS OF ONE LANGUAGE AND ONE SET OF WORDS . . . THEY SAID: COME NOW! LET US BUILD OURSELVES A CITY AND A TOWER, ITS TOP IN THE HEAVENS, AND LET US MAKE OURSELVES A NAME, LEST WE BE SCATTERED OVER THE FACE OF ALL THE EARTH   GREAT IS PEACE – DESPICABLE IS DISCORD No remnant remained of the Generation of the Deluge, but there were survivors of the Generation of the Scattering. The Generation of the Deluge was...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat Noah (link to original page) Parshat Noah 5761 "I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh shall never be cut off again by waters of the Deluge, never again shall there be a Deluge, to bring the earth to ruin! And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you and all living things that are with you, for ageless generations." (Bereishit 9:11-12) Sign and Memory, Covenant and Responsibility The Holy One, Blessed Be He, did more than promise; He established a sign...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat Noah (link to original page) Parshat Noah "And he sent forth the dove… but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot…": Yehuda Bar Nahman said in the name of Rabbi Shimon: Had she found a resting place, she would not have returned. Similarly we find (Lamentations 1) "She dwells among the nations, she finds no rest." Had she found rest, they would not have returned. Even the Raven Has Rights The dog that guarded Abel's flock was guarding his body against the wild animals and birds, and...