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??Portion Noah – Apocalypse Then – Apocalypse Now

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??Portion Noah – Apocalypse Then – Apocalypse Now

Is the flood story a parable (Noah gets drunk after not being able to deal with the destruction) or is it

A metaphor for every generation that sees perversion and corruption and does nothing

Or is it just an historical account (maybe with a little exaggeration– maybe not)

Or is it a warning to a world (as is written there) where peoples' hearts tend to the "dark side" and they need to always have their Garden of Eden portion opposite the Noah Flood?

So what’s a person to do?

We can't stop North Korea Russia Iran and the Hooties (2 drnes were shot down last night from "the East - mening Yemen)  from blowing up things – or 
can we?
 
My teacher Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook always taught that Torah Portions are Paired!

(Like the animals in the Ark? Like Adam and Eve?)

But ALL IS CONNECTED – and so Portion Noah ends with – against all the forces of Evil Iraq -

The birth of Abraham, his flight with Sarah to the Holy Land

 (and soon to the Holy City of Hevron)

AND THE BEGINNING OF MONOTHEISM AND BELIEF IN A G-D FOR ALL PEOPLE

The Torah is saying that those teachings of Abraham and Sarah will ALWAYS BE RELEVANT

 

So tune in next week for the Saga of Sarah and Abraham

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz