Parsha Talk Noach 2026 5787

Parashat Noah [Genesis 6:9-11:32], as the name suggests, primarily deals with the story of Noah and the Flood. For modern Bible critrics, this story is the conflation of two separate accounts into one which can, with patience, be disentangled to yield quite interesting results. Our conversation focused on the 1st sentence, which describes Noah as ish tzaddiq b-dorotav, as a righteous person in his generation, together with the classic rabbinic commentary found in Rashi, which wonders if this phrase is meant to credit or discredit Noah. From there, we moved to the end, and discussed the Tower of Babel, always interesting and always thought-provoking.
Shabbat Shalom!