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Project Likkutei Sichos — Noach 5786

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Noach 5786. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Noach’s Lack of Prayer It is well known that our Sages say 1 regarding Noach, that he did not pray for the people of his generation, {in the words of the Zohar} “he did not request mercy for the world.” This is in contrast to Moshe Rabbeinu, who prayed for those who made the Golden Calf. On this matter, we find a dispute2 between Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Yitzchak: Rabbi Yehuda says that Noach’s failure to pray as Moshe did was not a shortcoming3, but rather was because “Moshe did not rely on his own merit” but on the merit of the Patriarchs, whereas Noach obviously could not base his prayers on the merit of the Patriarchs. The Rebbe’s father explains the reason5 why “Rabbi Yehuda seeks to judge Noach favorably while Rabbi Yitzchak does the opposite and judges him unfavorably.” {He explains that} this is because “each of them speaks according to his spiritual characteristic and level”: Rabbi Yehuda embodies the at tribute of kindness, and therefore “he judges favorably according to his attribute of kindness,” while Rabbi Yitzchak “embodies the attribute of severity… therefore… he judges unfavorably according to his attribute of severity.” However, we need an explanation: The Torah’s instruction 6, “Judge every person favorably {give others the benefit of the doubt},” is, as plainly understood, a principle for every Jew, even for someone whose “attribute is that of severity”- so how is it that Rabbi Yitzchak judged Noach unfavorably, and did not judge him favorably (as per the Mishnah’s command)? The Ambiguous Praise: “In His Generations” Similar to the dispute between Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Yitzchak mentioned above, we also find 7 a dispute 8 on the verse at the beginning of our Parshah9: “Noach was a righteous man… in his generations.” {The Sages debate whether this phrase is meant favorably or unfavorably, as quoted in Rashi:} “Some10 of our Sages interpret this favorably - all the more so if he had lived in a generation of righteous people, he would have been even more righteous. And some interpret it unfavorably- relative to his generation he was righteous, but had he lived in the g eneration of Avraham Avinu, he would have been considered insignificant.” Here too, we must understand (similar to the question above): Sin

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24 октября 2025 г.

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