by RabbiOlivier | Oct 20, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Noah Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 A World Filled with Violence Our, then, 10-year-old daughter, Amalya came home one day from the Jewish day-school she attended, with an assignment: to write a short essay about the first verses of Noah, this week’s Torah portion. This is...
by RabbiOlivier | Nov 4, 2016 | General, Torah Reflections
Noah Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 The Tower of Babel This week’s Torah portion speaks of two main events: The flood, and, in its wake, the dispersion of mankind following the Tower of Babel episode. It appears that both events are the Divine response to what humans...
by RabbiOlivier | Oct 17, 2015 | Torah Reflections
Noah Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 Noah: A Righteous Man in His Generation? There is a thought-provoking Midrash about Noah from this week’s Torah portion that details a debate between two rabbis as to why the biblical author begins with introducing Noah as “a righteous...
by RabbiOlivier | Aug 6, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Noah – The Tower of Babel Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 The midah or value we are focusing on this first month is that of “Sacred Space.” Last week, through the first chapter of Genesis, I explored the human inner dimension of...