Noah
AN OPEN WINDOW (6:16)
*The job might have been easier had Noach been a carpenter or an engineer, but he was none of these. And so the elderly scholar was given specific instructions, including the directive to make a window. Why? * read more »
MY MONKEY, THE PSYCHOLOGIST (6:19)
Just because scientists argue that our closest * mishpocha **are the primates, doesn’t mean you have to monkey around. * read more »
METEOROLOGIST AIRS ON TORAH CHANNEL (6:22)
What would you say about a ‘crazy’ man who spends 120 years building a large water-tight vessel in his driveway or about a Rabbi who rants about the death of millions? Is the Perfect Storm on the horizon? read more »
When Obedience is not Enough (8:15)
Noach the,* “Righteous, faultless in his generation,”** who once walked with G-d now rolled in the mud. How did such a man fall so low?* read more »
THE LAST LION (8:18)
Noach briskly walks in to the ark and one year later he *slowly limps* out, all because of one hungry, disgruntled lion. Why did G-d have allowed this mishap to occur?* read more »
FROM A PAGE IN NOACH'S DIARY (9:2)
*Since the rule of the jungle is that the strong rule the weak (and most beasts are stronger than man), what prevents man from becoming the hunted? * read more »
Babel: On Reaching Heaven (11:4)
When human beings try to become more than human, they quickly become less than human. Only when G-d is G-d can man be man. That means keeping heaven and earth distinct. read more »
Babel: On Reaching Heaven
The story of a Tower rising in the valley of Shinar is central to the Biblical vision of what can go wrong in society. The story itself, told in a mere nine verses, is a compact masterpiece of literary and philosophical virtuosity. The first thing to note is that its historical background is exceptionally precise. The tower or ziggurat was the great symbol of the ancient Mesopotamian city states. read more »
How High Have We Gone
Man had fallen so low that it no longer seemed possible for punishment to serve merely as a deterrent or a warning. What evil had the human race perpetrated that it was perceived as unredeemable and thus slated for destruction? According to the Torah, "the land was corrupted before G-d, and the land was filled with violence." read more »
When Obedience is not Enough
What shall we make of Noach, one of the Bible’s more elusive characters? His introduction is full of promise: “Noach was a righteous man, faultless in his generation. Noach walked with G-d.” No one else in Torah receives such accolades: not Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or even Moses. read more »
