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  1. "And Chanoch Walked With the Lord"

    Rabbi Amnon Bazak

    Among the various characters in Parashat Bereisheet, the Torah briefly mentions the mysterious Chanoch son of Yered. Chanoch is clearly a unique personality, who was said to "walk with God." What is the meaning of the verse "And Chanoch walked with the Lord, and was no more, for the Lord took him"? Why did the Lord take him? Why was Chanoch's life shorter than other men of his generation? And what is the significance of the brief episode about Chanoch? This lesson links four central characters in the beginning of Sefer Bereisheet - Adam, Chanoch, Noah, and Avraham - and questions man's place before God, and his position in the world.

  2. Two Covenants to Preserve the World

    Rabbi Elchanan Samet

    The biblical text implies that God created a covenant with the world when it was created. This covenant is implied in the two reasons for saving Noah from the flood the necessity of preserving a remnant of Creation based on God's first covenant with it, and the reward appropriate for the righteous man of the generation - which are reflected in the two components of God's revelations to Noah. If a covenant with the world already exists, why is there a need for another covenant after the flood? What does the rainbow covenant change or add?

  3. Walking With God: Spiritual Isolation or Human Engagement?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  4. Why was Noah so Withdrawn?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  5. Noah: Unrequited Hopes

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  6. The World of Adam and the World of Noah

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  7. Noah's Fear after the Flood

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  8. Noah vs. Moshe: Isolationism or Involvement

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  9. Moshe vs. Noah: Humility vs. Haughtiness

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  10. Toledot Noah: Story or Descendants?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  11. Noah's Mediocre Piety

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  12. The Double Helix- From Lemech to Noach

    Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein | Hour and 6 minutes

    What can we learn from the character and story of Lemech? Through an examination of the episode of Lemech as well as the generations preceding and following him, we learn about purpose of man in the world. We also reveal a discussion about our relationship with the past and with the future, and about the delicate balance between living within nature and the development of technology. 

  13. Righteousness and Rescue: Noah, Lot and the Two Stories of the Flood

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

    תאריך פרסום: 5777 | | Hour and 11 minutes

    In this shiur, we will take a critical look at the righteousness of Noah. We will also discuss the way Hazal and the text approach the problems of the generation and the multifaceted narrative of the flood, as we address claims of biblical criticism. An intertextual comparative approach brings us to the story of Lot's rescue from Sodom and the aftermath of that destruction, as we compare and contrast the personalities of Noah, Lot, and Avraham.  Is there something from the text that justifies the traditional relativization of Noah's righteousness as compared to Avraham's? What explanation can we offer for Noah's decline after the flood? What does Noah's righteousness consist of, and what is his response to the Divine signal that it is time to rebuild the world?

    We discover different - and unequal - models of righteousness: Noah's is about survival and obedience, but Avraham's involves the important element of caring about the world.

     

  14. The Trace of God

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

    How did the flood change our perspective of the human condition? Through an examination of the text we understand that after the Flood God taught Noach and through him all humanity, that we should think, not of ourselves but of the other as in the image of God. That is the only way to save ourselves from violence and self-destruction.

    This article is part of the Covenant & Conversation series.

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  15. Noach: Stuck in the Present

    Rabbi Jay Kelman

  16. Ten Generations from Noah to Avraham

    HaTanakh.com Staff

  17. Ki Tisa: Epilogue

    Rabbi David Fohrman |

    In this audio epilogue to Ki Tisa: Moses's Benevolent Chutzpah, we explore the story of Noach and the flood, the other instance of God threatening to destroy the world. Rabbi Fohrman compares the two stories and the two protagonists, Moshe and Noach, and asks us what it truly means to be a man of God.

     
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  18. Noah and Moses

    Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky