Rabbi, Benjamin D. Sternman is the spiritual leader of Adat Chaverim in Plano, Texas. Rabbi Sternman received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell, followed by his MBA. He entered the world of corporate ...

In this week’s parsha, as Noah stands outside the ark surveying a post-deluge world, God blesses him and gives him new dietary parameters: “Every creature that lives shall be yours to eat; as with the ...

God gave Noah many instructions on how to build the ark. It took Noah 120 days to build it. The rabbis ask: “Why did it take him so long?” And the answer: “God was giving Noah a chance to talk to his ...

Message of Isaiah in Parashat Noah: Expanding Israel's borders a vision of redemption after exile Just as Noah emerged from the ark to rebuild civilization, Israel emerges from centuries of dispersion ...

Rabbi Moskowitz is going to be joining Brandeis Hillel for a conversation around allyship as spiritual practice, and the week’s parsha. Details available here. Editor’s note: This blog post is one in ...

My original intention was to write a very different column about this week’s Torah portion, Noah. But the massive, barbaric attack by Hamas on Oct. 7 made any other discussion seem trivial and almost ...

After leaving the ark, Noah becomes drunk and uncovers himself (Genesis 9:21). His children, having witnessed this act, react in very different ways. Ham and his son Canaan appear to mock their father ...

Chapter five of Bereshit closes the parsha with a list of the ten generations from Adam to Noah, where chapter eleven similarly closes Noah with a list of ten generations from Shem (Noah’s son) to ...

In many ways, the Noah and creation stories are parallel, helping explain God’s exhortation to Abraham: “Lech lecha me’artzecha” (Go for yourself from your land; Genesis 12:1). *In both, water plays a ...