As we have seen
from this week’s parsha that G-d commanded Noach to build an ark because the
generation of Noach angered Hashem and broke all commandments given to Adam.
They lived a life full of immorality and a life full of emptiness. This caused Hashem to bring a flood upon the
world and to destroy them from earth. (6:13). Hashem needed the world to be
purified from all the sins that the generation of Noach committed, just like a
Mikvah. The water filled the earth with the same measurement of a kosher
mikvah, 40 se’ah. Hashem gave the generation of Noach 120 years to do Teshuva-
repent. 120 years passed. Nobody repented. The only people spared were Noach
and his family. The clean animals were also spared (the animals that didn't
commit bestiality).
This
parsha comes to teach us many things. The first thing is that we can see is how
our society breaks all of Hashem's
Commandments, all day, every day. We live in a world full of tumah- impurity.
Our job is to find the holiness and avoid the things that are against Torah and
Hashem. This is very serious; we must do teshuva before we are redeemed from
our current exile. We have to be strong and overcome the battles that society
brings forth to us. The world we
live in today is very similar to the time of Noach. To help purify the world
again we need to mikvah ourselves
(mikva-ritual purifying bath). We need to look within ourselves and find ways
to create meaningful change, only then can we purify ourselves from all the
sins that we do. In the merit that Mashiach should come speedily, take upon
yourselves one thing that you want to fix about yourself.
Examples: Try to speak positively. Try to
smile to others. Try not to raise
your voice. Try not to get angry. Try to keep Shabbat. Try to keep Shomer Negiah. Etc.
If you really want to be saved from the
potential flood on your neshama that society brings, then act now and start to
change!
Shabbat Shalom
By: Esther Shamayev
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