The Midrash states: “At the very beginning of the world’s creation, G-d’s praise came solely from the waters…. When the generation of the Flood...
Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Noach.
A short summary of the Torah portion read in the Synagogue on Shabbat.
The Midrash asks: “Why Noach’s name written twice, when once would have sufficed?” “Because,” answers the Midrash, “Noach (נח) (can be...
It is known that Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobel was very poor and forever hard pressed to feed his household. One day a chassid came and...
Noah's ark, called teivah in Hebrew, contained a microcosm of all creation. Besides meaning "ark," teivah also means "word." In one of the most all-inclusive teachings of the Ba'al Shem Tov…
The Zohar (I:117a) reads this verse as an allusion for the following: "After six hundred years of the sixth thousand (5600), corresponding to the ...
In 1857, a fire destroyed much of the town of Lubavitch, including the synagogue and study hall of the then Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem ...
Our Sages relate that Noach did not pray for the welfare of humanity before the Flood, unlike Moshe who prayed for the welfare of those who made ...
The recess bell rang and the 5th grade boys rushed out of the classroom. They wanted to continue the ball game that they had begun during the ...
