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abraham addressed calendar commentators cual demons ense forgiveness genesis happen hashana humans importance jewish king kippur learning messages moses olam only parashat parsha people rabbi read reading rosh self story sukkot talmud talmudic themes torah tradition very week world yearWhat can you tell me about Shem Ben Noach
THE ANSWER IN BRIEF Shem ben Noach is one of the three sons of Noah (alongside Ham and Japheth) who survived the Flood and from whom, according to Genesis, the entire post-diluvian world descended. The biblical narrative, confirmed across multiple Targumim, places Shem consistent...
2026-10-16
How does the haftarah Isaiah 54:1-55:5 speak to Parashat Noach?
כיצד מדברת ההפטרה (ישעיהו נד:א–נה:ה) אל פרשת נח? השאלה והתשובה הקשר המפורש ביותר בין ההפטרה לפרשה הוא הפסוק [Isaiah.54:9]: "כִּי מֵי נֹחַ זֹאת לִי אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי מֵעֲבֹר מֵי נֹחַ עוֹד עַל הָאָרֶץ כֵּן נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי מִקְּצֹף עָלַיִךְ." ישעיהו משתמש בברית שכרת ה' עם נח לאחר...
2026-10-12 · Teacher style
The importance of learning in private, by yourself, in self-study.
Torah Study in Private / Alone (Hitbodedut in Learning) The Value of Private, Solitary Study - [Notes by Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman on Derekh Chayim, 6:9:194] Quotes an earlier passage: "When one engages in Torah study while traveling alone (בדרך יחידי), he is engaged in Torah with e...
2026-10-05 · Scholarly style
Sources for davening very slowly. Meditatively. Singing word by word. Sephardim ashkenaz hassidic.
1. THE IDEA Slow, meditative, word-by-word prayer is not a stylistic preference but a theological necessity: the words of prayer have an interior life — meditation is their soul — and only a pace that allows the heart to catch the tongue can release that life. 2. THE OPENING TEXT...
2026-10-05 · Darshan style