174) At that time, when the wicked perish from the world, the Creator looks at the world and does not see who will protect them. But Noah, who had to protect his generation at the time of the flood and produce offspring for the world, why did he not protect them? This is why it is written, \u201cFor you I have seen as righteous before Me in this generation.\u201d \u201cIn this generation,\u201d for in another generation he would not have been righteous, which is why his merit was insufficient to protect the generation of the flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
175) \u201cIn this generation\u201d is to praise him, for he was in that sinful generation. And in all of that, he was a righteous and wholehearted man. Certainly, not only in his generation, but even in the generation of Moses, he would have been righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he could not protect the world because no ten righteous were found in the world, as with the upheaval in Sodom, as it is written, \u201cSuppose ten are found there?\u201d But they were not found there, which is why they were ruined. Here, too, no ten were found except for Noah, his three sons, and their females, who were not ten. This is why they could not protect the generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
176) When the world is filled with people\u2019s iniquities and the judgment comes out, woe to that righteous who is in the world, for he is punished first for the iniquities of the wicked. So how was Noah saved from the flood and was not punished for the iniquities of the generation? The Creator wished to bring out of him generations to the world; this is why he was saved. Also, the judgment could not govern him because he was covered and hid in the ark, and was out of sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
177) It is written, \u201cSeek justice; seek humbleness; perhaps you will be hidden in the day of the anger of the Lord.\u201d Noah sought justice. He went into the ark and hid in the day of the anger of the Lord. This is why the judgment could not rule or slander him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
178) Here it implies the upper holy ones, to learn and to know the meaning of the high and holy letters. The inversion of the order of the twenty-two letters is to blot out those wicked. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd they will be blotted out from the earth,\u201d and it is written, \u201cCome you and all your household into the ark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two orders in the twenty-two letters: 1) a direct order, Aleph-Bet-Gimel, Dalet Hey-Vav, etc., indicating mercy. 2) A reverse order, Tav-Shin-Reish-Kof, Tzadi-Peh-Ayin-Samech, etc., indicating judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A house and an ark comprise the same letters [in Hebrew], according to the wording of The Zohar<\/em>: An ark is written in full, with the letter Yod. But \u201chouse\u201d is in the direct order, Bet-Yod-Tav, and \u201cark\u201d is in the reverse order, Tav-Yod-Bet, indicating judgment. The suffix of the Hey is passive and is not required [in the word Teivah (ark)]. It is written, \u201cCome you and all your household into the ark.\u201d We can deduce from that that the quality of mercy, implied in \u201chouse,\u201d should enter and hide in the quality of judgment, implied in \u201cark,\u201d so that anything that the ark does not contain is blotted out from the earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 174) At that time, when the wicked perish from the world, the Creator looks at the world and does not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":12054,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[28],"class_list":["post-12099","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-zohar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n