
Explore how the Torah parsha project analyzes Genesis 6:9-11:23 using Semitic Hebrew Bible study methods, covering parsha structure, aliyot, parables, midrash, talmud, and chiastic analysis.
Explore Noah’s righteousness in Genesis 6:9–22, building the ark and preserving life amid a corrupt world, while examining the three powers of the universe—positive, negative and neutral—the ark’s light.
Examine Noah's command to bring seven pairs of some animals and two of others, and explore clean versus unclean, repentance, and responsibility before God.
Recall how God remembers Noah as the waters recede and wind drives them back; Noah sends a raven, then a dove with an olive leaf.
Noah leaves the ark, offers sacrifices, and receives blessings including the rainbow promise and permission to eat meat. God forbids murder, suicide, and certain acts with living animals.
Aliyah five explains Noah's rainbow covenant and its colors as expressions of divine love, while urging repentance and personal responsibility to avoid the flood.
Explore Noah's vineyard episode: his drunkenness and Ham's discovery, the brothers' cover-up, and linguistic views on 'her tent'—implications for Ham's descendants under Shem.
Explore the Tower of Babel and the consequences of sin as Noah's descendants in the Babylonian valley build a tower to reach heaven, creating diverse languages and the 70 nations.
This course takes you through the seven aliyot of the Parsha Noach. The culture and spiritual awareness of each aliyah is emphasized. There is a book available that offers even more information than the videos do. I highly recommend that you get the book. You can find the book by going to Amazon and searching for "Koplitz Noach." Get the volume that contains all seven aliyah. The book contains legends, midrash, Talmud, and Zohar entries that supplement the material in the video. If you only watch the videos, you will get an appreciation for Parsha Noach. However, getting the book will enlighten you about the entire Pardes analysis of the Parsha. This project will eventually cover all 52 Parshim of the Torah. Each year the entire Torah is read in the synagogues. Each Parsha is divided into seven sections called aliyah. Each day a person is supposed to read one aliyah. On the Sabbath the rabbi could talk about the entire Parsha or just one aliyah. The analysis is called Semitic Bible study methods because it is based on the rabbinical interpretation of Pardes. Asking questions about the Scripture is an important aspect that helps one learn about the Bible.