Parsha Noach Chasidic Torah thought from Lubavitcher Rebbe by: Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Welcome to this week's Torah lesson. This week's Torah portion is Parshas Noach. The question of the week is, why does it say Noach twice? So, in this week's Torah portion it says, "Eleh toldos Noach, Noach e tzaddik." Why does it say twice the word Noach? So, the Rebbe explains and he says as follows, that Noach is Noah, and then there's the ark of Noach. Noach is going into the ark. That's the physical level. What does that mean spiritually? So, it's brought down in the Zohar and it says that Noach represents Yesod Abba, which is basically the foundation of Chochmah. The ark is Yesod Binah, the foundation of Imma. Another insight is that Noach is Yesod Zeir Anpin, the small image which is the six middos, Chessed, Gevurah, Tiferes, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and the ark is Yesod Malchus. And since the we have two different levels, so that's why it says Noach Noach. To answer the question why it says Noach Noach twice, cuz on one hand it's Yesod Abba, Noach going into Yesod Imma, Chochmah going into Binah, and the second insight is that it's Yesod Zeir going into Yesod Malchus. So, you see that the Torah, even though it looks like there's there's no extra words, there's a whole journey going on, and especially in the world of the Sefiros, Chochmah into Binah, Zeir into Malchus, and that creates the ultimate union that we're here in this world to transform and elevate the world. Thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson. This week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of Baruch Menachem Aryeh Leib Yosef ben Baruch Moshe ben Simcha Sarah, the father of Leib ben Menachem Mendel ben Tzvi Hertz. May their souls be elevated by Torah study in their memory. For more information, please see our website chabadsw.org. Have a great and blessed week. Shabbos tov.