Parashat Noach: What Separates Man And Animal?

When a person makes a sin, he descends from the status of being from being Adam to being a Jews are called Adam. But when he makes a sin, he loses that status and he becomes a until he does cha. The continues and says in the name of says and is forbidden from eating meat for it's stated in the Torah this is the Torah meaning the Torah the law of the animal and the bird and the verse teaches us This verse teaches us from the Torah, this uh that whoever occupies himself with studying of Torah is allowed to eat the meat of an animal or bird. But anyone who is not occupied with the studying of Torah is forbidden from eating meat of an animal of a bird. Now some say in the name of the ma is because if he doesn't learn Torah and he just prepared you a meal. How do you know it's kosher? Well, he bought the meat from kosher food from kosher market. Okay, he bought the food from kosher market. But if he doesn't learn to how does he know that he's not allowed to put certain ingredients in there? How do you know there's not dairy in there? How do you know there's not fish in there? How do you know all the other ingredients are kosher? If he does not know the law, you can't eat his meat. You can't eat his food. You cannot eat his food. Needless to say, if he's you can't eat his food, but even if he's you can't rely on his food. But some say even more. Some say in the name of the the is literally teaching us that when a person when a Jew forsakes Torah study he is now become inferior to the animal and therefore he's not allowed to eat it. Why? Because the animal the ba is fulfilling God's will. It's being a BMA. It's being an animal. But he that he's forsaken the Torah. He's not fulfilling a God's will. So therefore, he's not superior to it. Now, there's a write up from about five six years ago. Yeah. 5778 by Noah. And he brings some interesting things about the word. And he says taught us that when a person when a makes a sin, he descends from the status of being from being Adam to being a Jews are called Adam. But when he makes a sin, he loses that status and he becomes a ban until he does chuva. This is why the Ma says that in the name of the Shabbat talks about how wild animals only prevail over man that resembles a says this is because the wild animals fear man when he looks to them like a man because they could see things that we can't see. They could see the aura. They could see the image of what a man really is, what a righteous person really looks like. But when this aura looks like the aura of an animal of a looks like prey to them. So they'll attack who are they going to attack? They're going to attack the person that's a that's a secular person that's a against the Torah. They're not going to attack the righteous people. This is why and many other places there different stories. These are people that were thrown into a place full of lions. lions that were starving and those lions were too scared to even uh to even uh roar at them multiple times. Differentim were thrown into a cage full of lions and different animals and the animals were scared of them. And this is not like one or two or three stories. There are literally dozens of stories of different holy that showed the world how holy they are without doing a thing. The world of wicked people thought they were punishing them by throwing them to be food for the animals only to realize that the animals are too scared to even roar at these holy people. Now says also it's mentioned in this write up that one of the things that we have to do at the time of the bet mikdash is bring kobanote bring sacrifices. If you made an accidental sin you violated Shabbat accidentally not on purpose. If it's on purpose and there's two witnesses and they warn you and you still do it death penalty. go Sanaded. They uh ask the witnesses series of questions. They confirm everything. Everything is confirmed. Okay. They take this guy and they give him the worst death penalty in the Torah. As the page 49 says, there are four different death penalties. There's the stoning, there's the burning, there's the beheading, and then there's the strangulation. Which one's the worst? The whole talks about which one is the worst. is a debate between the sages and long story short stoning is the worst death possibly is Shabbat idol worshipper blasphemer they get the stoning stoning death penalty throw him off of a two-story building throw a boulder on him more rocks horrible horrible thing now that's on purpose if he did it accidentally there's no stoning accidentally violated Shabbat, accidentally did something that's not allowed. You have to bring Koban, bring an animal. So people always ask, "What does the animal do that deserves this uh this death?" Time of Yahawa Navi when Ya Navi was fighting all of the Nbad, the false prophets, Ela Navi versus 450 false prophets. The 44 50 false prophets bring their sacrifice and no fire, no nothing. It doesn't work. Alani makes fun of them and start in front of all of Am is then Alabi brings his two cows and a cow starts talking to Alabi. Why do I have to do it? How come I have to be a sacrifice for these wicked people? I don't want to be. He's not fair. Alani says, "No worry. Hashem's name will be sanctified even more from you than from your brother." It was twin cows. Talking to Alani. Now, this cow and any other cow or or or kan that was brought at the beta mikdash, it's not leaving alive. It's going to be slaughtered. It's going to be killed. Why? Now, I understand you could say, "Yeah, but the animals were created to serve man." And you're right, but at the same token, it is a world of justice. Akadosh runs the world with justice. It's not uh justice and mercy. It's not just, okay, the animal is just an animal. No, no, the animal is also a creature. Why does the animal deserve to be to die? because he made an accidental sin says the at that moment make sure that the cow whatever other animal that's brought to be a sacrifice has the nama of a person that made the same exact sin and did not repent for it. And therefore through the sacrifice both the person that brought the sacrifice and the animal itself that is the sacrifice repent for that sin. And therefore brings his mercy in different ways. That's why told you bring the not because the is just a but because the has an in it that needs to do chuva. Needs to do chuva. Now the ravi elaborates further and he says no was in the for 12 months and really it was a punishment on Noah. It's a punishment on Noah. Why? Because for 12 months he has to be cleaning the fecal matter the extrement of all of these animals. And he couldn't sleep. He couldn't rest all day. He's either feeding them or cleaning their extrement. And he cried to please I'm tired of the stench of the lions of the bears, the the tigers. Get me out of here. So what's the significance of 12 months? Mohamad Shabbat says wicked people go to gum for 12 months. And many of the wicked real wicked people of our generation that distort the Torah says, "Oh see wicked people maximum send us 12 months." No. If you look at the you go to and it talks about what is a real wicked person at the end of the wicked person that they're referring to is not a wicked person that's Shabbad driving on Shabbad stealing from people charging them interest of 80%. That's not the wicked person that the is referring to that's only 12 months. Those people are that have no share of the wealth to come. We're talking when they're referring to wicked people, people that have a few sins, but they're still righteous, but they still have according to they still have a few mistakes. What's an example? Noadik was. But when he when he was in judged him like he was wicked a little bit. Why? Because Noah did not rebuke his generation. He was too soft on them. If they came to him, he would tell them, "Listen, you should do, you know, that's why I'm building a TV. You should do chv." He didn't go after them. He didn't give them hard mous. He didn't give them full truth. That's what the say he was too soft on them. That was his disposition. That's why when he had to be reincarnated as Moshe Rabenu many years later and Moshe Rabenu talks to for a whole week, don't use me as the messenger. I'm not a good speaker and I wasn't yesterday or the day before. says that Alisa wasn't what do you mean he wasn't a good speaker yesterday the day before if he's not a good speaker now surely he wasn't yesterday the day before says that's what he means in his previous carnation or the carnation before that when he was no when was Noah he wasn't a good speaker even back then so now you're going to tell me oh I want you to do why because you have to do this this is your this is your you have to go that's what the says cried When Moshe Rabenu left this world, he took him out of this world. Why you crying? Who's going to rebuke my people like Mosher Rabenu that completed this tikun to perfection? But Noah had to stay in the for 12 months. Why 12 months? Why not 13? Why not 10? Why not five? Why not 17? Why not 50 years? Why? Because 12 months is for these types of not real. The in the standards of the few sins they have to clean up. You did a rebuke. You did ah half a job. Okay, you have to suffer for for a year. A year you have to clean up these animals and then eventually you have to bring some of these animals as sacrifices. You kept them for a year just to kill them. Why? Because some of the have to reincarnate in these have to reincarnate in these animals. So they could fix which namot the namot of the good ones of the good ones. So you see inai if a person looks at the words of the sages and sees beauty in there and says this is the greatest gift that could ever be and surely studying it in itself as a reward certainly will provide when I study his more than just my intellectual stimulation spiritual elevation surely he'll always give me as Well, then you're in the right path. If you found somebody that wants to marry that's also in the same mindset, by all means, they're also in the right path. But if you found somebody that doesn't have think like that, you found somebody that thinks, "No, no, in order for you to make money, you have to go work. You have to be in commerce. And if you have to choose between commerce or learning Torah, you have to go commerce first. That's priority in life because we have to buy a big house. We have to get a car. We have to do this. That's a person you should not marry. In fact, it's forbidden from marrying them. Why? They're you'll be marrying an animal and being intimate with an animal. We are meant to be a light unto the nations, not to follow their misguided practices. Remember, every Jew has to remember that he's a Jew and she's a Jew. We don't celebrate non-Jewish holidays, even if they seem harmless. It's ail disrespect to the Torah and could lead to chalu hashem.