Parsha 2 of 54 · Sefer Bereishis
6 pieces on Parshas Noach, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 2 pages
Volume 1 Issue 2 Noach is about Mesiras Nefesh. I couldn’t help but analyze a conversation on Facebook that was started by a “friend” of mine who posed the following question to his followers: “How much did you spend on your lulav and esrog?”. The responses,…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 2 pages
This week’s parsha’s Haftora comes from Yishayah 54:1-55:5. This Haftora is read two and a half times, the first for parshas Noach, the second for parshas Ki Seitzei, as well there is crossover to Parshas Reeh. Parshas Noach is obviously about the “shturem”…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 3 pages
This week we read Parsha number 2, Noach. Already in the early stages of the creation of the world, humanity devolved into barbarism for which Hashem was seeking a reset. The reason according to the Posuk, was that the world was filled with robbery. It is…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 2 pages
In the second Aliyah of the Parsha, Noach enters the Teiva because the storm that will bring about the flood began. Rashi explains that even Noach had doubts about whether the storm would happen, and only once the rain started did Noach enter the Teiva. Rashi…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha- Noach, the second Parsha in Chumash Bereishis, has a theme centered around the flood. The recounting of the historical narrative and the details, as well as the generations born from Noach until Avraham, follow the theme of the first…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 5 pages
This week’s Parsha is Noach, named for the central character in the Parsha, who was saved from the Great Flood by building and living in the Ark, as Hashem had commanded him. This resulted in his family and many species being saved from destruction. According…
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