הרב שניאור אשכנזי, פרשת נח • האיש המוחמא בתנ"ך: למה נח מקבל שבחים יותר מאברהם ומשה?

For more fascinating videos: http://shneorashkenazi.com/ Want to receive an update when the weekly lesson is up? Subscribe #Parsha_Noah #Parsha_of_the_Week Sources for Parsha Noah 5779 – Why does Noah receive more praise than anyone else? 1. Genesis 6:9: These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. Genesis 7:1: And the Lord said to Noah, Come, you and all your house, into the ark, for with you I have seen a righteous man before me in this generation. Rashi: Since he remembered him, he spoke in his praise, as it is said (Proverbs 10:3): The memory of a righteous man is blessed. Gur Aryeh on Rashi: And if you say, "How many times did he mention Abraham and Jacob and not mention their praise?" Genesis 5:27: And all the days of Methuselah were sixty-nine years, and nine hundred years, and he died. Genesis 7:4: For yet seven days will I cause it to rain upon the earth. Rashi: These are the seven days of mourning for Methuselah the righteous, whom God, blessed be He, spared his honor and delayed the calamity. Genesis 5:25: And Enoch walked with God - and he is no more, for God took him. Jonathan's translation: And he is no more with the inhabitants of the earth, for he died and ascended into heaven, and his name was called by the great scribe, Mattanon. Likkuti Sichot 5/37: The Torah should have already recounted the praise of Noah in the previous series, where Noah is already mentioned for the first time. Why do the words 'Noah the righteous man' only appear in the second parasha? 2. Genesis 6:9: Noah the righteous man, was blameless in his generations... Noah walked with God. Rashi: 'In his generations' – some of our rabbis demand praise for him, especially since if he had been in the generation of righteous people he would have been more righteous. Some demand censure – according to his generation he was righteous, but if he had been in the generation of Abraham, he would have been considered nothing. 'Noah walked with God' – but of Abraham it is said: 'The God before whom I walked', Noah needed support to support him, but Abraham was strengthened by his own righteousness. Meshech Hochma 9:20: Noah, when called a 'righteous man,' was called a 'man of the earth,' and Moses, when called an 'Egyptian man,' was called a 'man of God.' The matter concerns two paths in the service of the Lord: He who dedicates himself to his work, may God bless him and be blessed, and he who deals with the needs of the community and sacrifices himself for the sake of the community. And it must be that the one who isolates himself will rise higher and higher and the other will descend from his level, yet we find that Noah isolated himself and did not prove his contemporaries... and after being called a righteous man, he descended from his level and was called a man of the earth. Whereas Moses was called an Egyptian who was forced to go into exile because he gave himself up for Israel by killing an Egyptian and in the end he was called a 'man of God' who reached the goal of perfection that man can achieve. 3. Likutei Sichot 5/282: Every person must say for me the world was created, and so with regard to the Torah and its instructions that they are addressed to each individual individually. Thus we have explained several times the verse 'I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt' - that the Holy One, blessed be He, is speaking to each individual among the people of Israel. And here a Jew can claim how can I learn from Noah, to be saved from the evil waters of the flood, and Noah was not a 'perfect righteous man'? Therefore, the Torah says: 'in his generations' (to the detriment of the righteous), that Noah was only a righteous man in his generations – and such a degree of righteousness is obligatory for everyone. 4. Likutei Sichot 5/45: The unique power of speech is to bring something out of obscurity into revelation… Therefore, when a good person is spoken of or praised, it certainly has a good effect on the person being spoken of, and in any case it gives him strength and assistance in his work – this brings about revelation and activates his goodness and virtues… Therefore, the story of Noah's praise comes only in Parashat Noah and not already in Parashat Bereishit, in order to assist Noah in his work [in building the ark]. Pesikta Darab Kahana 14: And he fasted for the children of Israel (Exodus 6:13) – What is fasting? He said to them: Do not call the children of 'teachers'. And since they teased about who was quarreling, Moses said to them: 'Listen, teachers' - God said to them: I myself commanded you not to call upon the sons of teachers, and you call upon the sons of teachers?! ... Therefore ... you will not bring it. Letter from the Lubavitch Rebbe Chanukah 5721: I would like to add one more point that also appears in the writings of Hasidism, and that is that when rebuking children, the parent or teacher must be careful not to ...