Last week in Bereshit we watched humanity’s first stumbles. This week, Noach faces a world saturated with corruption and violence, and survives by walking with God while the waters reset creation. The episode probes what it means to be “righteous in his generations,” the ethic of building an ark (teva) as both refuge and responsibility, and how Babel’s drive for sameness crushes the individual. From ravens and doves to windows and inner light.
We unpack:
• “Righteous in his generations”: relative virtue vs. absolute models—and why survival itself can be a moral calling
• Ark as pedagogy: is our light a window from outside or a gem glowing from within? raising kids to carry both sources
• Raven and dove strategies: engage the world with curiosity, retreat with your people when it’s not yet habitable
• Babel’s warning: efficiency without dignity-how uniform language and purpose can erase the person
• Toward Avraham: from mere preservation to covenantal presence-walking a middle path of influence without assimilation
Parshat Noach 5786
Torah: Genesis 6:9 - 11:32
Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 - 55:5
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