VBM The Seven Noachide Laws By Harav Yaakov Medan

I. The Giving of the Torah and the Flood In a different context, we discussed the vision, or perhaps the prophecy, of Lemech the son of Metushelach at the time of Noach's birth. Noach was the first person born after Adam died for his sin. With his birth, he brought hope for a new and better world, a world of "this one shall comfort us in our work" (Bereishit 5:29). Indeed, the Zohar describes Noach as the first one who rested, as follows from his name (Tikkunei Ha-Zohar, tikkun 70). A better world in the eyes of the Torah and of Chazal means a world that is fit to receive the Torah, to add a second level to the world of creation – a level of holiness. Chazal allude to the fact that Noach's generation was fit to receive the Torah: