Noah's Ark

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1. The Story of Creation and our Ecological Crisis

   Rabbi Elchanan Samet

   Some have claimed that the Torah is to blame for humanity's destructive treatment of nature, and that God's commandments led to ecological disaster. A closer look at the Creation stories reveal that this statement is untrue.

2. Survival and Revival - On the Righteousness of Noah

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

   Noah is introduced as a wholly righteous man, but ends his life drunk and humiliated. How does such a tragedy occur? A comparative read of the stories of the Flood and the destruction of Sodom reveals that Noah's failure stems from the fact that he didn't seek to help those around him, in contrast with Avraham, who attempts to help even the sinners of Sodom.

3. Creation Anew

   Rabbi Zeev Weitman

   After mankind was corrupted, God regrets creating man, and destroys every living thing. The renewal of the world after the flood is described as a re-creation of the world. Is the new world more successful than the first? What is the relationship between Noah's drunkenness and Adam's sin? Is there a relationship between Lot's drunkenness after the destruction of Sodom and Noah's drunkenness after the destruction of the world?

4. Noah's Ark and the Mishkan

   Rabbi David Silverberg

5. Teref: The Olive Leaf

   Rabbi David Silverberg

6. Saving Animals: Why an Ark?

   Rabbi David Silverberg

7. Purity of the Animals on the Ark: A Story of Boundaries

   Rabbi David Silverberg

8. Parshat Noah Part 1: Before the Flood

   Rabbi Alex Israel | 32 minutes

   What was the purpose of the flood in Parshat Noah? What was God’s plan? Through an exploration of the text we can understand that God’s plan wasn’t to destroy the world, it was merely to restore it to its original state.  

   Courtesy of www.tanachstudy.com

9. 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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10. "This one shall comfort us for our work" The Story of the Flood and the Principle of Teshuva (Repentance)

    Dr. Brachi Elitzur

    A major part of Parashat Noach is devoted to a description of the construction of the ark, its size and structure, the materials used to build it, and the animals brought inside it. The extensive detail raises to two questions. First, if there is a Divine promise that there will be no repeat of the Flood, what is the point of this detailed description, as it will have no relevant application in the future? Second, it would seem that notwithstanding the tremendous efforts invested in building the ark, the salvation of Noach, his family, and the animals aboard with them could not have been possible without a Divine miracle. If a miracle was necessary in any case, then why the need for all the hard work? Would the miracle not have been even more impressive had Noach and his family remained at home and all the animals remained in their natural habitats, with the Flood simply passing over them, like the death of the firstborn later on in Egypt?