Noach - 5th Portion

Come join me as we learn together for the fifth Torah reading of Noah chapter 9 verse 8. And God says to Noah to his children together with him saying I am going to keep make a covenant. I'm going to establish a covenant with you with your children after you. What's this covenant? And why is he making a covenant? Rashi explains and says as follows. I agree with you to make a covenant. Why was worried? Why should you bring children into the world? Why should you bring children into the world? Who knows what's going to happen? Maybe there'll be another flood and they'll be destroyed. until God promised them and guaranteed him that he won't destroy the world again. So too God did as we said before I will never bring as God said he will never and that was a promise and over here God and he tells him not only am I making a covenant but I'm going to show you a sign and a strength that I'm going to add to this covenant that and promise that I told you and I will give you the sign which is the rainbow that We're soon going to see who is this covenant with. Not only and all the living animals that are with you by the birds and with the animals and all animals of the earth that are with you. Anything that left that came out of the ark to all living things on the earth, all wild animals and looking living things on the earth. The Torah now tells us what are these what does these mean to and because he uses the terminology animals of the earth living animals of the earth what are these all these referring to Rashi tells us verse 10 these are you have different animals you have animals that roam animals that run in the wild and then there are animals that can walk with humans that get along with humans very well for example like a dog a cat whatever it may >> [clears throat] >> from all those that came out of the ark. This includes crawling creatures and insects that they are included as well. Why does he again say the animals of the earth? This comes to include also also the damaging animals which are in the forests and dangerous ones. They are not considered animals that are with you because they live in the wild. There are animals that are in the that can get along with human beings. And then there are animals that belong in the safari in the wild in the forests and the different places that don't usually people don't have them as a pet. Whether it be like a lion, a beer, a leopard, any of these very wild things that are not usually in places where people live. verse 11 and I will keep the pro the covenant. I will confirm the covenant with you and thus you can be worried that you can don't have to be worried that never again will I cut any flesh from or because of the waters of the flood and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth. Rashi tells us what does this mean [clears throat] and I will confirm. I will make a sign that will confirm what I am saying. What is it? is the rainbow like he continues to say in the following verses and God says this is the sign that will confirm this that I am providing that I'm providing to you that will be between me and you between every living thing that is with you for generations to come uses the term explains verse 12 if you notice the word here does not have the vowel inside and dismissing the VVs. There were generations that didn't need the sign. Why? They were such great righteous people. For example, the generation of Hezekiah that he was so great. His generation was never a rainbow because they were so great and they were able to protect on the people of their generation that from any sin or to be destroyed. Verse 13. I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. This rainbow will be for a sign as a covenant between me and the world and earth. Verse 14. on and when I bring clouds over the earth on the earth and you will then see the rainbow amongst the clouds. What does this mean? Verse 14. That means God is saying when I would consider to bring darkness and destruction to the world then right away I'll bring a rainbow to show you that I wanted to but I'm not going to. And I will remember the covenant. I will recall the covenant that I made with you, between me and you between every living thing and every living thing of flesh and there will never be water again after a flood to destroy all flesh. So Rashi explains what does this mean as he uses the terminology again of next I'm sorry next verse verse 16 and the rainbow will then be in the clouds and I will see at least to remember the eternal covenant between God between every living thing of all flesh that is upon the earth. What does the mean every god and every living thing? So Rashi explains as follows verse 16 remembering using the name Elohim here Rashi tells us between the attribute of discipline shall my love above and you really technically he should have said between me and every other living thing but over here he's using this idea of saying the attribute of discipline however the medish comes along and explains to even deeper when the attribute of discipline comes to try to pro prosecute against you to obligate you and say look you're being destructive of the world and therefore you are liable I will see the sign and I'll remember and I'll recall the covenant I will not destroy the world and God said to Noah this is the sign of the covenant I confirmed between me and every flesh that is on the world on the face of the earth when he ever uses a terminology he's got point to something this and therefore God shows Noah and he says oh God showed Noah the rainbow and he said look this is the sign that we've discussed that you See, and there you know that the world will not be destroyed.