Aliya Summary: G‑d commanded Noach to leave the teivah, along with
all his fellow teivah-mates. Noach built an altar and offered
sacrifices. This pleased G‑d, who then promised to never again curse the
earth as He had just done. Instead, the regular seasons (which had not
functioned during the year of the mabul) would continue perpetually.
G‑d then blessed Noach and his sons: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill
the earth." G‑d allowed mankind to eat meat, but prohibited murder,
suicide, and the consumption of a limb ripped from a living animal.
What
changed? Now that G-d enacted a "do-over", the changes are that there
will now be seasons, basic laws must be followed, and man must
procreate. The theme? Structure. Without rules and structure everything
falls apart, and seasons and basic laws help facilitate a natural order
of things. And having kids? Not only is having children a structured
event, but raising them requires even more structure and discipline.
Only after we work out our own issues by dealing with seasons and laws,
we can then continue to bring new life to the world.
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