Noach was a tenth-generation descendant of Adam Harishon. And he and his family were the only descendants of Adam to not suffer the terrible fate of those who lived during the time of the flood. He is ...

Word went out from the congregation that a longtime member was nearing the end of her life. She has no partner and no children, but, on the day after Yom Kippur, 17 friends from the congregation came ...

This week’s parsha, Noach, tells the story of God’s disappointment with humanity and its destruction by flood. Noach, his family and the animals are saved in the ark. After landing on dry ground, ...

It is of course well known that with the approach of the divinely ordained flood, Noach was commanded to build a teivah – a vessel in which he would be spared destruction (along with his family and, ...

When we think of Parashat Noach, we likely gravitate to the primary narrative that describes Noah being called by God to build an Ark, and gather two of every animal to save them from the destructive ...

This week’s portion describes the story in Genesis of the great deluge that destroyed the earth. Why must the narrative tell us about the flood in such great detail? The Torah, very simply, could have ...

Parashat Noah: Olive leaf from paradise Even now, our hearts beat together with those of the heroes and freed hostages, who for two years suffered in the tunnels of darkness and the shadow of death.

When I first learned Parshat Noach in second grade, I had no idea what it meant for the earth to be corrupt and filled with lawlessness. Even into my adulthood, I couldn’t imagine what that looked ...

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