Posts tagged with ‘Noach’

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No’ach 5774

by Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald

The Torah describes No’ach as a perfectly righteous person. However, some of our ancient  rabbis were critical of him. They explained that, unlike Abraham, he didn’t have the strength of character and the power of persuasion to engage in arguments with his wicked neighbours and  friends. He secluded himself concentrating on learning about spiritual matters […]

Noach 5773

by Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald

This week we are reading the Sidra of No’ach. It is interesting to note that if we change the order of the two letters that make up this name, we form the Hebrew word CHEN, which means favour or beauty. The last verse of the Sidra BERESHIT reads: “No’ach found favour in the eyes of […]