Noach

In this Sicha, the Rebbe brings together two related lessons of this Sidra: The virtue of Shem and Japheth in covering their father’s nakedness and averting their eyes from it; and the use of a lengthy euphemism in place of the word “unclean,” which teach...

This week’s Torah reading is named Noach, the Hebrew for Noah. The name Noach refers to satisfaction and repose. The Torah portion repeats the name Noah twice in the first verse. The Zohar, the fundamental text of Jewish mysticism, explains that this is n...

Adapted from Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XX, p. 285ff; Vol. XXV, p. 23ff Our Potential The Maggid of Mezritch interpretedCited in Or Torah al Aggados Chazal, p. 112b, explained in Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XX, p. 331. See also In the Paths of Our Fathers (Kehot, N....

The Flood, The Tower of Bable and their relevance to us living in a post-Holocaust era. Also, the differences between the two generations, and the lessons they impart.

From early childhood on, we have been taught the story of Avraham breaking his father’s idols and his self-sacrifice in spreading the awareness of G‑d in Ur Kasdim. Why then is this story not told – or even directly hinted at – in the Written Torah?

There is an age-old argument regarding the stories of the Tanach. There are those outside the Torah tradition who maintain that they are mere allegories, told with the intent of imparting lessons. Conversely, the Torah world upholds the validity of the Ta...

In the sixties and seventies, a topic that was frequently featured in Jewish journals and public discussions was whether there was a conflict between Torah and science. In a world where scientific breakthroughs were rapidly changing the complexion of day-...

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 cre...

In commenting on the verseBereishis 8:1. “G-d (Elokim) remembered Noach….”, Rashi notes: “This Name (Elokim) is the Name of the Attribute of Justice. It was transformed to Mercy through the prayers of the righteous.” Why did this remembrance have to come ...

Our Sages relateZohar I, 67b ff.; ibid., 254b. that Noach did not pray for the welfare of humanity before the Flood, unlike Moshe who prayed for the welfare of those who made the Golden Calf. There is a disputeZohar ibid., 68a. among the rabbis with regar...