Noah the Righteous, who Walked with Eloqim נח הצדיק
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ShareWhat does it mean to be righteous? How does one walk with G-d? How can we become blameless in this age? Answer by adding sources to this public sheet! Add your own commentary, and link out students to the scholarship on your Sefaria profile. None of us have the authority to stand in the place of the Holy One and judge between Noah, Abraham, Adam, and the others. The "hidden things belong to the LORD, and the revealed things to us and to our sons (and daughters, and disciples)" We should all strive to be "blameless in our generation," like our father Noah was in his.
וַיִּקְרָ֧א אֶת־שְׁמ֛וֹ נֹ֖חַ לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֞֠ה יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן יָדֵ֔ינוּ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ יְהֹוָֽה׃
And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will provide us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands, out of the very soil which the LORD placed under a curse.”
וּקְרָא יַת שְׁמֵיהּ נחַ לְמֵימָר דֵין יְנַחֲמִינָנָא מִפּוּלְחָנָא דְלָא מַצְלְחָא וּמִלֵיעוֹת יְדָנָא מִן אַרְעָא דִלִטָא יְיָ בְּגִין חוֹבֵי בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא
and he called his name Noah, (Consolation,) saying, This shall console us for our works that are not prosperous, and for the labour of our hands with the earth which the Lord hath cursed on account of the guilt of the sons of men.
וְנֹ֕חַ מָ֥צָא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃ {פ}
But Noah found favor with the LORD.
אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹֽחַ׃
This is the line of Noah.—Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God.—
הברית הנחי: המצוות, הברכה, הסמל, הבנים ובנות, הניסיון, המשפת והדין, הגאולה, ההבטחה, נבואה, והתהילה.
וַיַּ֖עַשׂ נֹ֑חַ כְּ֠כֹ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֥ה אֹת֛וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים כֵּ֥ן עָשָֽׂה׃
Noah did so; just as God commanded him, so he did.
