How to Talk to a Sinner

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THis class seems very relevant to our time. Does this mean that I should tell members of my community about the importance of getting vaccinated?. Reply

Very good teacher. Thank you Rabbi Kaplan. Reply

Dear Rabbi Kaplan,
I am thankful for your teaching. Being a "glass half full guy" I always read this portion with joy and saw Noah as someone who completely trusted in God, despite his generation.
I really appreciated the application of the lesson -- so I'm going to speak up. I see Noah as a hero. He saved his entire family -- no small thing in his generation. He acted in great faith to build an ocean liner where there was no ocean, or lake, or river -- not even a drop of rain in sight. I can imagine that the sinners who saw it must have asked, "What's this?" The Torah doesn't say whether Noah spoke or not -- but that Ark must have spoken volumes. He didn't waver in his building of something that must have seemed ridiculous to sinners, perhaps even his family. But he completed the task and preserved life for a new world. I see him as model of faith -- and without faith there is no pleasing God.

Thank you for your lesson and wonderful applications.
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Shem Noah,s children were taught about HaShem, when Abraham rescued his nephew Lot, and defeated the kings of Soddom and Gomorrah. Afterwards, Shem visited Abraham and celebrated this event with a sacrifice. Abraham gave Shem the appropriate tithe for a priest from the spoils of the conflict.

Noah, did teach about HaShem, if people would not listen?

Noah son Ham is the grandparent of the Canaanites.

Teaching and learning do not necessarily coincide, the lesson has to move the heart. Reply

Toda Raba Rabbi Kaplan! Wonderful teaching(s) on the Torah. Reply

I am blessed by your commentaries and I praise, bless and thank G_d for it. to Him be the glory now and forever. Reply

the knowledge + the ability to share + understanding the humanity given by Torah = your commentary. Reply

Noach Thanks Rabbi for your expounding the torah in many different ways. Reply

Parshat Noach What a great surprise to have Chabad.org mag pop up in my mail and to find such a captivating lesson. Very reminiscent of years ago classes in Crown Heights. Thank you, and I hope you will present many more. Reply

Noach Every year, every reading of Torah is new. Thank you for the blessing of a new perspective on Noach. Reply

Rabbi Kaplan... Thank you for the lesson of Noah... I've read it before, many times, but each time, especially now, is the most interesting I've ever heard. A whole new set of questions open up for me!! *;-)

Thank you for the lesson, I loved it. Reply

Very well put.... thank you Rabbi Kaplan! Reply