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The stench, the noise, the sheer claustrophobia of it all! You'd think the moment the floodwaters receded, he'd be the first one off the boat. But no. The story, as recounted in Le...
Ginzberg, in Legends of the Jews, tells us that Noah wept bitterly at the sight of the destruction. He turned to God, saying, "O Lord of the world! Thou art called the Merciful, an...
We all know the story: the animals, the flood, the rainbow. But what about the after the flood? What was Noah thinking, feeling? Did he get everything. Well, according to some fasc...
Noah, his family, and all the animals are finally stepping off the ark, blinking in the sunlight, the world utterly transformed. The very first thing Noah does? He builds an altar....
It's more than just pretty colors. Jewish tradition sees that rainbow, the bow in the cloud, as a very specific promise. A promise from God. The Torah tells us that after the great...
Think about Noah for a second. The flood survivor, the righteous man who saved humanity and all the animals. In many ways, he was considered pious, a paragon of virtue. But accordi...
It involves Noah, freshly off the ark, and a very persuasive Satan. Noah, according to this legend found in Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, decides to plant a vineyard. A no...
Take Noah, the righteous man who saved humanity from the flood. You’d think he’d be on a pretty straight path after that whole ordeal. But nope. The story takes a turn, and it invo...
The Torah portion of Noah certainly gives us food for thought on that subject. It's a story of survival, new beginnings...and a rather unfortunate curse. We all know the tale: the ...
