Post by alon on Oct 29, 2019 21:21:41 GMT -8
Next week's parashah. I am trying to get them out a bit early so everyone has a chance to comment.
Name of Par’shah- 2.3 Par’shah Noach
Par’shah- Genesis 6:9-11:32
Haftara- Isaiah 40:27-41:16
D’rash: We mostly get principles from this parashah. But biblical principles are always worth considering. Most of the commandments are meant only for Noach and his family. He is told to build the ark. We are not commanded to do that, nor to fill our boat with animals. We do see one familiar commandment, which is repeated several times:
Genesis 8:17c (ESV) “… and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
Again, I do not think we are being told to overpopulate. However the natural order of things is to get married and raise a family. And God must have had a purpose in that.
Speaking of marriage, and I know this is a stretch because animals do not marry; but notice that much is made of pairs, male & female here.
The story of Babel gives another principle: start a project to fly in the face of Almighty God and it will come to a bad end, along with everyone involved.
Genesis 6:1b,18 (ESV) Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. … But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 6:11-13 (ESV) Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 8:1a (ESV) But God remembered Noah
God will not suffer those who continually do violence forever. There comes a reckoning. However He remembers those who faithfully serve Him. We also see here that a righteous man will lead his family into righteousness and salvation. Is this a given? No, we all know our children have free will and minds of their own. But one thing is sure, if you are not a righteous man it is highly likely you will lead your family straight to destruction.
Genesis 9:2-3 (ESV) The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
Everything? I doubt he’d want to eat everything. And when loading the Ark they knew the difference in tumah and taharah. I suspect this means everything taharah; every clean thing you can eat eat.
Genesis 9:4 (ESV) But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
And here we have a commandment! One that applies to us- don’t eat the blood. But do we have to kasher the meat: pack it in salt to draw out every drop possible? This will be revisited later in
, so let’s see what it says:
Deuteronomy 12:20b-21, 23-24 (ESV) “… and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire. If the place that the Lord your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire. … Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
I’m going with “No.” All we must do is drain the meat well, then I’d add cook it well enough no blood is visible. If it’s oozing blood, then you are eating blood. But that’s me. I used to eat rare meat, but not since becoming Messianic.
Genesis 9:5-6 (ESV) And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
OK, we can call that either a vey strong principle, or a commandment. No matter, it will be repeated as a commandment later on. But again, does God mean He’ll smite us for killing when defending ourselves or others? No, anyone who’s read much Bible knows there are times we can, and must kill. However we should never kill wantonly, or even unnecessarily. My wife is a real estate appraiser, and they are responsible legally to set fair values. So they have a saying whenever struggling with adjustments or values: as you write it down, preface it in you mind with the words “your honor, … .” Remember you will one day give an accounting for every action. Even in war we should treat our enemies fairly. Never take the cheap kill.
Genesis 9:21-26 (ESV) He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham … saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. … When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” He also said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.
Ham not only looked on his father’s nakedness (and there are all kinds of ideas what really happened), but then he went and told his brothers. Even if true, this kind of speech is lashon hara. And to me it appears to be the worse sin here. So we have another principle: no carrying tales; no lashon hara. And ok, 2 principles: don’t look lingeringly on a parent or other close relatives nakedness. That’s just weird! If you see they are nekkid, look away! That’s just polite with anyone, especially a parent.
Any other thoughts on this parashah?
Name of Par’shah- 2.3 Par’shah Noach
Par’shah- Genesis 6:9-11:32
Haftara- Isaiah 40:27-41:16
D’rash: We mostly get principles from this parashah. But biblical principles are always worth considering. Most of the commandments are meant only for Noach and his family. He is told to build the ark. We are not commanded to do that, nor to fill our boat with animals. We do see one familiar commandment, which is repeated several times:
Genesis 8:17c (ESV) “… and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
Again, I do not think we are being told to overpopulate. However the natural order of things is to get married and raise a family. And God must have had a purpose in that.
Speaking of marriage, and I know this is a stretch because animals do not marry; but notice that much is made of pairs, male & female here.
The story of Babel gives another principle: start a project to fly in the face of Almighty God and it will come to a bad end, along with everyone involved.
Genesis 6:1b,18 (ESV) Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. … But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 6:11-13 (ESV) Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 8:1a (ESV) But God remembered Noah
God will not suffer those who continually do violence forever. There comes a reckoning. However He remembers those who faithfully serve Him. We also see here that a righteous man will lead his family into righteousness and salvation. Is this a given? No, we all know our children have free will and minds of their own. But one thing is sure, if you are not a righteous man it is highly likely you will lead your family straight to destruction.
Genesis 9:2-3 (ESV) The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
Everything? I doubt he’d want to eat everything. And when loading the Ark they knew the difference in tumah and taharah. I suspect this means everything taharah; every clean thing you can eat eat.
Genesis 9:4 (ESV) But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
And here we have a commandment! One that applies to us- don’t eat the blood. But do we have to kasher the meat: pack it in salt to draw out every drop possible? This will be revisited later in
, so let’s see what it says:Deuteronomy 12:20b-21, 23-24 (ESV) “… and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire. If the place that the Lord your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire. … Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
I’m going with “No.” All we must do is drain the meat well, then I’d add cook it well enough no blood is visible. If it’s oozing blood, then you are eating blood. But that’s me. I used to eat rare meat, but not since becoming Messianic.
Genesis 9:5-6 (ESV) And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
OK, we can call that either a vey strong principle, or a commandment. No matter, it will be repeated as a commandment later on. But again, does God mean He’ll smite us for killing when defending ourselves or others? No, anyone who’s read much Bible knows there are times we can, and must kill. However we should never kill wantonly, or even unnecessarily. My wife is a real estate appraiser, and they are responsible legally to set fair values. So they have a saying whenever struggling with adjustments or values: as you write it down, preface it in you mind with the words “your honor, … .” Remember you will one day give an accounting for every action. Even in war we should treat our enemies fairly. Never take the cheap kill.
Genesis 9:21-26 (ESV) He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham … saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. … When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” He also said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.
Ham not only looked on his father’s nakedness (and there are all kinds of ideas what really happened), but then he went and told his brothers. Even if true, this kind of speech is lashon hara. And to me it appears to be the worse sin here. So we have another principle: no carrying tales; no lashon hara. And ok, 2 principles: don’t look lingeringly on a parent or other close relatives nakedness. That’s just weird! If you see they are nekkid, look away! That’s just polite with anyone, especially a parent.
Any other thoughts on this parashah?
