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The Flood The flood raged for forty days. The ark was partially submerged in the water – to a depth of 11 cubits, lifting the ark up above the earth. The water became increasingly powerful, on its own, rising to a height of 15 cubits above the peaks of all of the mountains, covering allContinue reading “Noach, 3rd Aliya”

The Flood Begins G-d tells Noach to bring himself and his family into the ark. G-d calls Noach “righteous” here, however he does not call him “righteous” and “perfect” the way he is referred to earlier in verse 6:9. Rashi derives the idea from here that only part of a person’s praise, not his fullContinue reading “Noach, 2nd Aliya”

G-d Tells Noach to Build an Ark Rashi cites Mishlei 10:7 “the mention of the righteous man is for a blessing” as evidence of Noach’s righteousness. He also makes note that Noach’s children are not listed right after the text writes “These are the generations of Noach”, since the main progeny of the righteous areContinue reading “Noach, 1st Aliya”

Humanity, G-d and Noach Noach’s Ancestry At the age of 180, Metushelach begot Lemach. Metushelach lived for 782 years after that, during which time he begot sons and daughters. All together, Metushelach lived for 969 years. At the age of 182 years, Lemach begot a son whom he named Noach, a name who’s root comesContinue reading “Breishis, 7th Aliya”

Cain’s Geneology One day, Tuval Cain was leading his father Lemach who was blind. Tuval Cain spotted Cain and thought he was an animal. He told Lemach to draw the bow and Lemach killed Cain. Upon finding out that he had killed Cain, he clapped his hands together in despair, and as a result killedContinue reading “Breishis, 6th Aliya”

Lemach’s Children As learned previously in the Parsha, the seventh generation of Cain’s family would be punished on his behalf. This seventh generation was Lemach. During the times of the Flood, it was the custom to marry two women, one to procreate and one to be intimate with. The one meant for intimate relations wouldContinue reading “Breishis, 5th Aliya”

Cain and Abel G-d recognizes that now Man, like G-d, knows good and evil, which makes him unique amongst all other earthly creatures, just as this makes G-d unique amongst all heavenly creatures. G-d reasoned that because of this, if man were to live forever, he would likely convince people that he were a godContinue reading “Breishis, 4th Aliya”

Eating From the Tree of Good and Evil G-d brought every species before Adam to name. Each species had a male and a female. Right after Adam realized that he was alone in not having a mate, G-d put him into a deep slumber. While Adam was sleeping, G-d took one of his sides outContinue reading “Breishis, 3rd Aliya”

More Detailed Creation of Man and Animals G-d created this world with the letter Hei, which is open on the bottom. This teaches us that this world is open to those who repent, and also, that all the wicked people will descend to the netherworlds before the future World to Come, when only a fewContinue reading “Breishis, 2nd Aliya”

Creation of the World Why Does Chumash Start with The Story of Creation? Seeing as the entire purpose of the Torah is its commandments, seemingly, the Torah should have begun with the first commandment given to the Israelites, which was to bless the new month. Rashi explains, in the name of Rabbi Yitzchak, that theContinue reading “Breishis, 1st Aliya”