Parshas Noach: Building a Spiritual Ark | Rabbi Shlomo Finkelman

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The opening of this shiur, in Vayimaen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Rav Pam, zechuts tzaddik livracha, once said, [music] "The world has not been so low since the dor hamabul." And Rav Pam left this world 23 years ago. What would he say today? >> [music] >> How do we survive in such a world that's so low, such tumah, >> [music] >> such decadence? The truth is, we ask the same question about Noach. How did Noach survive [music] as a tzaddik, Torah is made, Noach ish tzaddik, in a world where the tumah was so pervasive it affected the animals, it so pervasive it affected the animals, it affected the vegetation. How did it not affect Noach? The Slanima Rebbe shlita, in his Darkei Noam, asked this question. And he says that the Torah itself provides the answer. "Es Elokim hishalech Noach." Noach walked with Hashem. Says the Slanima Rebbe, "Noach made a decision. I will not survive spiritually unless I separate myself from this world. >> [music] >> I'm no longer part of this world. The world is dark, but I'm with Hashem, only with Hashem. There's no one but me and

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1. 0:06Rav Pam, zechuts tzaddik livracha, once said, [music] "The world has not been so low since…
2. 0:36so pervasive it affected the animals, it affected the vegetation. How did it not affect Noach?…
3. 1:06with Hashem. There's no one but me and Hashem." The Rebbe says he created a teivah…
4. 1:37Olam. Sounds easier said than done. Well, the Baal Shem Tov famously said, "A person is…
5. 2:07darkness, a pitch black room with no window and no [music] light. An average person would…
6. 2:37there was a blazing light. We can do the same. We can be walking [music] outside…

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