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Oct 14, 1982
Until now we’ve studied personalities. This year we’ll also study events. What is the uniqueness of Noah that God chose him? The reason has to do not with before or after the flood but during. All Noah wanted was to serve as a living example. To see him was to know that he had heard God’s warnings, as others must have. Yet he was the only one who decided to act. And then in the aftermath Noah was confronted by a choice: anger at what he lost, or gratitude for survival? He chose gratitude, and offered thanks to heaven. No one is as grateful as a survivor. Every moment means grace, for one could have been in someone else’s place.
Explore The Book of Genesis, 6-10 (Torah Portion of Noah) on Sefaria, a living library of Torah.
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