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October 20, 2023

Noah: The Silent, Ambiguous Hero

And how the Flood changed him.

This week’s Torah reading, the second of the year, tells the story of Noah, the deluge, and its aftermath. Examining the biblical account, and various ancient and medieval rabbinic commentaries, Sruli Fruchter tries to make sense of the sometimes-critical light in which tradition casts this flawed savior of mankind:

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