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Noach 5767 - October 27, 2006

Who Believes in G‑d?

"Believe in yourself. There's nothing you can't do, if you put your mind to it. " Nothing you can't do? Sounds pretty divine. A pity it's not true...
Parshah
Noach in a Nutshell
Noah is instructed to build the Ark; the rain begins to fall and the entire world is flooded. A year later Noah and his family leave the ark, build an altar and offer sacrifices to G‑d. Noah’s descendants build a tower to “fight G‑d,” and are dispersed across the face of the earth.
The Rainbow in the Cloud

To touch some of heaven’s radiance, then curve gracefully back towards the earth in a glorious ray of colors that are manmade reflections of G‑d’s truth and hope for mankind . . .
Who's Painting the Leaves?

"I know all about astronomy," insisted the rabbi. "Tvinkle, tvinkle little stah."
Population Explosion

No person has ever declared on his or her deathbed, "I wish I'd had fewer children"
Story
The Trip

"There remains one slight problem," said the visitor, "I need the merchandise."
Moses our Teacher granted the Torah and mitzvot only to the people of Israel... and to whoever from among the nations of the world who wishes to convert to Judaism... But Moses also instructed, by word of G-d, to prevail upon all inhabitants of the world to accept the [seven] mitzvot commanded to the children of Noah...
— Maimonides Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 8:10