Archive for the ‘ Noach ’ Category

Dvar Torah Parshat Noach 5772 2011

Before the flood all mankind was descendant from one man – Adam. Human beings became corrupt and Hashem destroyed all in the universe except for Noach and his descendants. After the flood all mankind descended from Noach who himself was a progeny of Adam. (Of course, so was his wife.) In both cases Hashem gave [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Noach 5771 2010

Abaye in the Talmud says: If a scholar is loved by his people it is not because of his superiority but because he does not rebuke them in spiritual matters. (Ket. 105b) It is a known fact that the Rabbis in the Talmud disagree as to whether Noach was truly a righteous individual or did [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Noach 2008 5679 דבר תורה פרשת נח

After Noach exited from the ark we are told that Hashem made a commitment to Himself that He would never again bring a flood upon the world to destroy mankind. The reason given for this assurance is because: YETZER LEV HA’ADAM RA MINE’URAV, “for the inclination in man is evil from his youth.” (Gen. 8,21) [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Noach 2007 – 5768 דבר תורה נח

The flood was bought upon the earth to destroy all mankind because the Torah tells us man had become corrupt. Only Noach who was a righteous individual was spared. After the flood Hashem informs Noach that He would never again bring a flood upon the earth. As a sign to mankind that Hashem is fulfilling [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Noach 2006 – 5766 דבר תורה נח

There are two places in the Torah were instructions are given for building and definite specifications are mentioned. One is the Ark that Noach was to build and the other is the Aron for the Torah which Bnei Israel were to build in the Wilderness. One cannot help but see the similarities between the two. [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Noach 2005 – 5765 דבר תורה נח

When Noach was given instructions to build an ark he was told to place a window in it: TZOHAR TA’ASEH LATEVAH. (Gen. 6,16) The need for a window in the ark is obvious since it was necessary to see when the floodwaters receded. There is, however, a deep moral lessen in this instruction to all [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Noach 2004 – 5764 דבר תורה נח

The story is told about a certain Chassidic group that once realized one of their associates is beginning to act strangely and is in effect leaving the proper path of behavior. They decided to try and help him. They took him under their wing and tried every way possible to lead him in the proper [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Noach דבר תורה נח

A great Rabbi asked, why is it when we speak of the ideal world of peace on the earth, we refer to the prophesy of Isaiah that “the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid, etc.”. (Isaiah 11:6) We have another example of peaceful living found in [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Noach 2002 – 5762 דבר תורה נח

We are told that in Bavel the people spoke one language, SAFA ACHAT UDVARIM ACHADIM (Gen. 11:1). SAFA ACHAT means one language. What does DVARIM ACHADIM mean? What does it add to “one language”? The word means singular or individual. The fact is they spoke one language, using the same words, but the words had [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Noach 2001 – 5761 דבר תורה נח

We all know the Torah tells us that Noah was a righteous man in “his generation”. Rashi (Gen. 6;9) explains why the Torah emphasizes the words “his generation”. However we see one greatness about Noah. Whether he was great only because he lived in his generation or whether he would have been even greater in [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Noach 5767

The Midrash makes an interesting comparison between Noach and Avraham based on the Pesukim in the Torah. Concerning Noach the Torah says: ET HA’ELOKIM HIT’HALECH NOACH, “Noach walked with Hashem”.(Gen. 6,9) Avraham, when sending his servant to find a wife for Yitzchak, says to him: HASHEM ASHER HIT’HALACHTI LEFANAV, “Hashem before Whom I have walked”.(Gen. [ READ MORE ]

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