Windows of Light
Nov 5, 2005 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Noah
Parashat Noah comes at an especially appropriate time for South Floridians.
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Being a Tzadik
Oct 27, 2006 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Noah
In his commentary on Parashat Noah, Rabbi Shmuel Avidor-HaCohen, z”l, raises an interesting question concerning the character of Noah and the quintessential prayer said at the heart of every service, the Amidah.
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Daydreaming Out the Window
Oct 17, 2012 By Abigail Treu | Commentary | Noah
The ark’s window bothered the Rabbis. It is a technical problem: in Genesis 8:6, Noah “opened the window (chalon) of the ark that he had made,” but in the very thorough account of the construction of the ark earlier in the parashah, no window was ever made. “What window?” the Rabbis wonder.
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Before the Deluge
Oct 16, 2015 By Marc Gary | Commentary | Noah
Parashat Noah raises difficult questions about the relationships between the natural world, humanity’s morality, and God’s justice.
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Why the Jews?
Oct 21, 2007 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Noah
Why did the Creator of all humanity decide upon the surprising step of establishing a special relationship with one small segment of humanity?
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And Now, You Pray?
Oct 21, 2014 By Michael R. Boino | Commentary | Noah
“And Now, You Pray?” explores both human and Divine responsibility in Parashat Noah. The piece utilizes several sources that explore voices of protest or requests for help, both those which are voiced as well as those suppressed or ignored.
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The Dove
Oct 16, 2015 By Daniel Heschel Silberbusch | Commentary | Noah
This is part of a larger painting/collage that in turn is part of a children’s book I am making inspired by “Had Gadya,” the song we sing at the Pesah Seder’s conclusion. The piece this paper cut-out comes from interprets the song’s final verse “And God came and killed the angel of death.” The verse presents an obvious challenge to a Jewish artist reluctant to “portraitize” God. It also echoes this week’s parashah: God steps in after destruction and promises an end to such destruction (Gen. 8:10-22). Perhaps for this reason I gravitated toward recycling this image.
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Why Did God Flood the World?
Oct 1, 2013 By Alan Cooper | Commentary | Noah
The end of Parashat Bereishit finds God regretting the creation of humankind and resolving to wipe it out along with “beasts, creeping things, and birds of the sky” (Gen. 6:7). A note of optimism creeps into the concluding verse (6:8), however, with the statement that Noah, whose birth and naming were noted in 5:29, “found favor” with God.
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