Do You Care About Other Jews- Noach On Fire

[Music] ever since first grade we were all taught that Aram was the first person to recognize Hashem we were taught that he is the Undisputed founder of monotheism and according to the rambam in the first per ofar our moras were not wrong amam was in fact the first to recognize Hashem the problem is asks what about does it not say wasn't the first to be on hashem's team it seems like Noah was robbed of the first to recognize Hashem award why is that so ran explains that there are two levels of recognition of Hashem the first level is to go out into the world and see hash everywhere to look outside and get to the unequivocal conclusion that there must be a God who created and maintains this world but there's another level the second level is to recognize Hashem out in the world and be so inspired and so blown away and so filled with awe that one feels the need to spread this recognition to others to see the Creator and internalize it so deeply to the point where it pains you to see others miss him this says R was the fundamental difference between n and a a saw Hashem and ran to spread the news to all he hosted in teaching and nurturing n saw has but did nothing he saw the power of the Creator but shared it with no one in the second par ofas it says that the Mish the Judgment of the was for 12 months so RAV salich asks how exactly does this agree with theok which say very clearly that the rain only fell for 40 days was the world judged for 40 days or for 12 months he answers by saying that the mishna is not referring to the Judgment of the world which in fact took place for 40 days the mishna is referring to the Judgment of nah the entirety of the 12 months that Noah was in the Tava he was being punished why because he should have spread the light because he should have been m neighbors because he should have been so overflowing with love of Hashem and His glory that he should have begged his friends to abandon their foolish ways and come see the truth not doing so warranted his 12month punishment the a adds something fascinating he asks why did Hashem choose to save n specifically with aava why not allow him some sort of oasis of normaly why not Place him on an island in Bora Bora while the rest of the world is disintegrating he'll be sunbathing and drinking pina coladas why make him go into a cramped animal filled garbage filled Tava he explains that this was mid K Mida Noah had kept to himself instead of teaching and inspiring and sharing with his community and likewise his punishment was utter uncomfortable isolation from Humanity closed off in a floating prison the alsa points out that this is what the means when it says make for yourself aa aa that will not only save you physically but also remind you that you sinned greatly spiritually this says andit is what the tah means when it says told us these are the outcomes of was a righteous man meaning to say that's it that's all he has to show for himself no medum no gaym no students no inspired neighbors no enlightened college kids no enthus at risk teens no leading groups in SCH no running a camp in the summer he lived he was righteous he died the lesson is obvious By ignoring our neighbors or by being lacad isical in our Outreach or harboring dismissive attitudes towards unaffiliated people we not only cause them to lose out we lose out ourselves we demonstrate that we are only on the level of N and not that of Abraham the par serves as a reminder that life is short we can either live it in our cocoons or we can live life on fire spreading hashem's goodness wherever our life path takes us [Music]