Parashat Noach
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==Noach's Ark== | ==Noach's Ark== | ||
===Noach's Family=== | ===Noach's Family=== | ||
− | Noach was a righteous man, with good deeds,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9">Rashi Berashis 6:9</ref> the main generations of the righteous.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9"/> He was perfect in his generations who walked in the ways of Hashem who encouraged him, unlike Avraham who would strengthened himself in his righteousness.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9"/> If Noach would have lived in the Generation of Avraham in some ways<ref name="Shover Zadim Parshas Noach">Shover Zadim Parshas Noach</ref> he would have been more righteous<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9"/> but in other ways<ref name="Shover Zadim Parshas Noach"/> he would not have been considered of any importance.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9"/> | + | Noach was a righteous man, with good deeds,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9">Rashi Berashis 6:9</ref> the main generations of the righteous.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9"/> He was perfect in his generations who walked in the ways of Hashem who encouraged him, unlike Avraham who would strengthened himself in his righteousness.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9"/> If Noach would have lived in the Generation of Avraham in some ways<ref name="Shover Zadim Parshas Noach">Shover Zadim Parshas Noach</ref> he would have been more righteous<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9"/> but in other ways<ref name="Shover Zadim Parshas Noach"/> he would not have been considered of any importance.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 6:9"/> Noach had three sons; Shem, Cham, and Yafes. |
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− | Noach had three sons; Shem, Cham, and Yafes. | + | |
===World's Perversion=== | ===World's Perversion=== | ||
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===Entering Ark Command=== | ===Entering Ark Command=== | ||
− | Hashem told Noach to enter the ark along with his household for he has found him a righteous man in his generation. This praise was in front of Noach, therefore Hashem did not call him a 'perfectly righteous man' since we tell only partial praise in a person’s presence and all of it in his absence. <ref name="Rashi Berashis | + | Hashem told Noach to enter the ark along with his household for he has found him a righteous man in his generation. This praise was in front of Noach, therefore Hashem did not call him a 'perfectly righteous man' since we tell only partial praise in a person’s presence and all of it in his absence. <ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:1">Rashi Berashis 2:1</ref> |
− | From all the clean animals Noach should take seven pairs of husband and wife. From the animals that are not clean, Noach should only take two, a single husband and wife. Since Noach studied Torah he knew which animals were going to distained to be pure for the Jewish Nation.<ref name="Rashi Berashis | + | From all the clean animals Noach should take seven pairs of husband and wife. From the animals that are not clean, Noach should only take two, a single husband and wife. Since Noach studied Torah he knew which animals were going to distained to be pure for the Jewish Nation.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:2">Rashi Berashis 2:2</ref> More kosher animal were taken, so Noach could offer sacrifices from them upon leaving the ark.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:2"/> Also, from the clean<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:3">Rashi Berashis 2:3</ref> birds of the skies, Noach was to take seven pairs, male and female, to keep their seed alive on the face of the earth. |
− | Hashem declared that in another seven days, He will make it rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights, and He will blot out all beings that He created off the face of the earth. Hashem took into consideration the honor of the tzadik Mesushelach who had passed away when Noach turned 600 and delayed the retribution for an additional<ref name="Rashi Berashis | + | Hashem declared that in another seven days, He will make it rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights, and He will blot out all beings that He created off the face of the earth. Hashem took into consideration the honor of the tzadik Mesushelach who had passed away when Noach turned 600 and delayed the retribution for an additional<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:4"/> seven days of his mourning,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:4">Rashi Berashis 2:4</ref> above the originally decreed 120 year period.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:4"/> A flood of 40 days was decreed upon them, corresponding to the 40 days it takes to form a fetus, as retribution for burdening their Creator to to form illegitimate children.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:4"/> |
− | Noach did all that Hashem commanded him and entered the Ark.<ref>Rashi Berashis | + | Noach did all that Hashem commanded him and entered the Ark.<ref>Rashi Berashis 2:5</ref> |
===Entering the Ark=== | ===Entering the Ark=== | ||
− | Noach was 600 years old when the when the waters flooded the earth. Noach, his 3 sons, his wife and 3 daughter-in-laws entered the ark because of the waters of the flood. The men entered separately from the women to symbolize that it they were prohibited to have martital relations while the world what suffering.<ref name="Rashi Berashis | + | Noach was 600 years old when the when the waters flooded the earth. Noach, his 3 sons, his wife and 3 daughter-in-laws entered the ark because of the waters of the flood. The men entered separately from the women to symbolize that it they were prohibited to have martital relations while the world what suffering.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:7">Rashi Berashis 2:7</ref> Noach had little faith and was not fully certain the flood would take place, he therefore did not enter the ark until he was forced to by the water.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:7"/> Sets of two, male and female from the clean animals, unclean animals, birds and land creeps arrived on their own<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:9">Rashi Berashis 2:9</ref> to Noach and the ark, just like Hashem commanded. At least one set of two arrived from each species.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:9"/> |
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− | The | + | The people of his generation threatened to kill Noach and break the ark, if they see him entering it. Hashem announced that he would bring Noach into the ark before their eyes and they would see whose plan prevailed.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:13">Rashi Berashis 2:13</ref> Therefore Noach entered the ark in middle of the day with his sons; Shem, Cham and Yefes, along with his wife and the daughter in laws. They were accompanied by every type of beast, domestic animal, land creeper, birds and flying creatures with appearance of feathers,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:14"/> including locusts. <ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:14">Rashi Berashis 2:14</ref> |
− | == | + | ===The Flood=== |
− | + | After the seven day extension, on the 600th year of Noach's life, on the 17th of the second month of the year (Which was either Cheshvon or Iyar),<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:11">Rashi Berashis 2:11</ref> all the springs of the great depths ruptured to emit their waters<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:11"/> and the portals of the sky opened bringing the flood waters upon the earth. Sine that generation had sinned with 'great' evil they were now punished measure for measure with the waters of the 'great' depths.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:11"/> | |
− | + | Hashem began the flood with mercy bringdown light rains that would have concluded as rains of blessing had they repented. When they did not, it turned into a flood.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:12">Rashi Berashis 2:12</ref> There was rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights, lasting until the 28th of Kislev<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:12"/> (12 Cheshvon + 28 Kislev).<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:12"/> In truth, it rained for 41 days but the first was not counted since it did not rain during its proceeding night.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 2:12"/> | |
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===Permitting of Meat=== | ===Permitting of Meat=== | ||
− | They were now permitted to eat animal meat which had not been allowed until then, just like they had been permitted to eat vegetation at the time of Adom.<ref>Rashi Berashis 30</ref> | + | They were now permitted to eat animal meat which had not been allowed until then, just like they had been permitted to eat vegetation at the time of Adom.<ref>Rashi Berashis 30</ref> |
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==References== | ==References== |