OU TORAH YU TORAH NAALEH.COM Constant Connectivity By Shira Smiles

Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein The Torah introduces us to Noach as “a righteous man, perfect in his generations. Noach walked with God.” Rashi immediately picks up on the qualifier, “Righteous in his generations,” and asks whether he would be considered righteous if he lived in another generation. Would he have been considered righteous when compared to Avraham Avinu, for example? By focusing on this description and comparing it to a similar description of Avraham Avinu, we will notice a difference that will prove to be quite informative: “Noach walked with God,” while Avraham was commanded to “walk before Me and be perfect.” It is this variation that we will explore.