Fwd: The Ark, Dinosaurs, the Rainbow, and the Sins of the Generation of the Flood

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To view this email as a web page, click here. Learn more about the YUTorah Society Sponsor a Day of Learning on YUTorah Download the YUTorah in Print for Parshat Noach 5786 12 pages of insights and inspiration from the parsha for your Shabbat enjoyment! Download Now See all previous editions of YUTorah in Print for Parshat Noach See all articles on YUTorah for Parshat Noach See all shiurim on YUTorah for Parshat Noach TOPICS IN PARSHAT NOACH Was Noach a Tzadik? Was Noach really on the level of Avraham? And why does it even matter? Learn more The Sins of the Generation of the Flood What's the root of the evil of Chamas? Learn more The Ark The mysterious secrets of the ark that Noach built and why the Torah gets into so many details. Learn more What about the Dinosaurs? How do discoveries of fossils relate to the story of the flood? Learn more The Sign of the Rainbow What does Hashem "Remember" when seeing the rainbow? Learn more The Tower of Bavel Seriously, what were they thinking? Learn more Halacha from the Parsha Abortion, Bracha on Rainbows, Zoos, Non Jews keeping Shabbat, and more! Learn more More Topics in Parshat Noach Noach and Avraham • The Not Pure Animals • Was the Flood Noach's Fault? • The Raven and the Dove • Leaving the Ark •  Pru Urvu • Noach's Downfall • Shem, Cham and Yefes •​​​​​​​  The End of the Parsha •​​​​​​​ The Haftorah of Noach QUICK INSPIRATION FROM THE PARSHA (10 MINUTES OR LESS) Rabbi Eitan Bendavid: A Window for Light or a Window to See Out? Rabbi Daniel Cohen: Avraham vs. Haran and the Secret of Jewish Continuity Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: Nimrod Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: The Last Act of the Dor Hamabul Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich: A Self-Made Tzadik Warrants Supernatural Miracles Rabbi Jonathan Green: Pre-Miracle Workout Rabbi Noach Goldstein: Failure and the Key to the Dove's Success Rabbi Jeremy Golker: Flood Warning Rabbi Yisroel Juskowitz: Our Two Lights Rabbi Jonathan Kaplan: The True Legacy of a Person Rabbi Stephen Knapp: Bar / Bat Mitzvah Boot Camp Rabbi Beni Krohn: Keeping the Pot Boiling Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: Overcoming Our Inclinations Rabbi Yoni Levin: Davening Before the Storm Rabbi Ike Sultan: Shem's Reward for Standing up for What's Right Rabbi Yehuda Turetsky: Why Did Noach Send a Raven and a Dove? QUICK READS FROM THE PARSHA Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein: Birds, Clouds and Rainbows Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: Sprouting from the Ashes Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald: The Seven Commandments Given to the Descendants of Noah Mrs. Michal Horowitz: Noach, Avraham and The Eternal Divine Promise Rabbi Ari Kahn: The Corruption of the Generation of the Flood Rabbi Yehuda Mann: Turning Gaavah Into Greatness Rabbi Moshe Rothman: Ego and Responsibility to Self and To Others Rabbi Johnny Solomon: Windows of Time Rabbi Moshe Taragin: The Gift and the Duty Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: Transparent or Luminescent? Daf Yomi |  Mishna Yomi |  Support YUTorah The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah Website is a project of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) 515 West 185th St. New York, NY 10033 To continue receiving RIETS emails, please subscribe to the RIETS option in the Manage My Subscription form