Noach
Noach – Revealing Hidden Kindness
What is the difference between Noach and Moshe? Why is Moshe’s generation saved while Noach’s is destroyed? What is the concept of the secret hidden kindness of Hashem that keeps the world functioning despite people’s distance from Him? How does one access that kindness? Find out in this week’s parsha podcast. Running time: 18:53
Read MoreNoach – Of Floods and Dispersions
What’s the difference between the sin of the generation of the flood vs. the generation of the dispersion? What is the similarity between the generation of the flood and the people of Sodom? What is the difference between Avraham and Noach? What does it mean when it says that Hashem is sad? What does Hashem…
Read MoreNoach – Illusion and Reality
If water is a creative force, why is the world being destroyed by water? What is the connection between the cooling of the waters and cooling of the anger of Achashverosh in the story of Purim? What is the parallel between the water’s destruction here, and the water’s destruction of the Egyptians as the Jews…
Read Moretwo articles and audio on Cheshvan
I recently wrote two different articles with the same theme that appeared in two different places, be’H. The first appeared on Aish.com, and the second will be appearing in the Beltway Buzz magazine of DC. Much of the BB version is found in the podcast on Parshas Noach. You will notice that they both start…
Read MoreNoach – Spiritual hibernation
Why does the flood occur in the month of Cheshvan? Why does the ‘atzeres’ of Pesach occur fifty days later, whereas the ‘atzeres’ of Succos immediately follows the holiday? What is the contrast between Nissan/Spring and Tishrei/Winter? What is the spiritual approach for the coming months? Find out in this week’s Parsha Podcast. Running time:…
Read MoreNoach – The flood and the dispersion
What is the deeper story behind the generation of the dispersion? What was their sin? What did they mean when they said, ‘Let us make a name for ourselves?’ What is the contrast between their sin and the generation of the flood? Why is the name Elokim used in the story of the flood, as…
Read MoreNoach – The tzadik's role
Why do the numbers six and seven seem to occur many times in the story of Noach? What is the dual nature of the tzadik’s role in the world? What is the connection between Noach and Yosef? Find out in this week’s Parsha Podcast. This week’s parsha podcast is also available in text form (for…
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