General Overview: In this week's reading, Noach, Noach and his
family, along with at least one pair of each living creature, survive
the Flood by taking refuge in an Ark. The erection of the Tower of Babel
angers G‑d, and leads to the dispersal of Noach's descendants. Abraham
and Sarah are born.
Aliya Summary: While society as a
whole descended into a state of anarchy and utter corruption, only Noach
remained righteous and faithful to G‑d's ways. Noach was informed by
G‑d that a mabul ("flood") will soon destroy all of civilization, and
only Noach and his immediate family would survive in a teivah ("ark,"
boat) that he was to build. G‑d gave Noach the exact dimensions of the
teivah he was to build, and commanded Noach to bring along into the
teivah specimens of every species of animal and bird to repopulate the
world after the mabul, and to stock the boat with food to feed all its
inhabitants.
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