The second section of the Book of Genesis is named after its central character, Noah (Noach in Hebrew), and begins with the account of the great Flood that washed the world clean of the depravity and degeneration into which humanity had sunk since the creation of the world. This is followed by the account of how the world was divided up between Noah’s sons, the dispersion of humanity brought about by the incident of the Tower of Babel, and the prelude to the upcoming sections’ account of humanity’s next great hero, Abraham.
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Noach: Noah, the Flood, and Beyond
Genesis 6:9–11:32
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Daily Quote
Our masters taught: There are three partners in man -- G-d, his father, and his mother. His father inseminates the white substance, out of which are formed the child's bones, sinews, and nails, the brain in his head, and the white of his eye. His mother inseminates the red substance, out of which are formed the child's skin, flesh, and hair, and the black of his eye. G-d implants in him spirit, soul, beauty of countenance, eyesight, the capacity to hear, the capacity to speak, and the capacity to walk, as well as knowledge, understanding, and intelligence. When man's time to depart from the world approaches, G-d takes away His part and leaves to the father and mother the parts contributed by them.
–Talmud, Niddah 31a
The Parshah
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