BEREISHIT
NOACH
At the end of Parshat Noach, humanity comes together with one goal: to build a tower that reaches the heavens. They settle in the valley of Shinar and say, “Let’s build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens.”On the surface, it sounds noble — unity, creativity, progress.But then they add a […]
The parsha begins with Noach ish tzaddik and ends with Avraham ha’chasid.Two righteous men. Two ways of serving Hashem. One preserved the world; the other began to redeem it. “Noach was a tzaddik, perfect in his generation.” Rashi teaches that some praise him for staying righteous amid corruption, while others say that beside Avraham, he […]
Parshat Tetzaveh is unique—it is the only parsha from Moshe Rabbeinu’s birth until Eikev where his name is absent. Instead, Hashem addresses him with “V’ata”—“And you.” The Baal HaTurim explains that this omission fulfills Moshe’s own words in Ki Tisa: “Mecheini na misifrecha”—”Erase me now from Your book.” After the sin of the Golden Calf, […]
NOACH
In Parshat Noach, we’re introduced to Noach, a tzaddik in his generation, who follows Hashem’s instructions to build the Teiva (ark) as a refuge from the impending flood. However, there’s a curious detail: Noach doesn’t actually enter the Teiva until the rain is so fierce that he has no choice but to go inside. Why […]
In Parshat Noach, we learn that Noach was 600 years old when he entered the Teva (ark) and lived for 350 years after the flood, reaching a final age of 950. Yet, if we calculate his life, there appears to be a “missing” year. Where did that year go? The flood, we know, lasted an […]
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