41. \u201cThese are the generations of Noah; Noah was a righteous man, complete.\u201d Who deserves being in these joy and rest and tranquility? He who is righteous and complete. This is the rest above; it is as it is written, \u201cGod walked with Noah,\u201d above, not below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
42. \u201cThese are the generations of Noah.\u201d It is written, \u201cThere shall be no foreign god among you, nor shall you bow to any foreign god.\u201d \u201cThere shall be no foreign god among you\u201d is the evil inclination. \u201cNor shall you bow to any foreign god\u201d means do not have intercourse with an Aramean woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
43. \u201cThere shall be no foreign god among you\u201d means do not be quick to anger, for anyone who is angry, it is as though he commits idol-worship. This is the way of the evil inclination: Today, it tells you \u201cDo this,\u201d and tomorrow, it tells you \u201ccommit idol-worship,\u201d and he goes and commits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
44. The anger of a disciple of the wise is the greatest of all in matters that are against the Creator, for the Torah said, \u201cThere is no wisdom and no understanding and no counsel before the Lord.\u201d But regarding other things, he is forbidden to be angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the rav [spiritual teacher] with the disciple, it is permitted to be angry in order to have respect and fear of him. And toward the rest of the people, in order for the fear of him to be for the sake of heaven, it is permitted. But the rest of the people are forbidden, for their anger is not for the sake of heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
45. The attribute of the righteous is being slow to anger and quick to appease. This is the greatest attribute of all. And the text comes to indicate, \u201cThese are the generations of Noah,\u201d Noah [easy going] in his mind, Noah in his speech, Noah in his walk. And who does it? A righteous man. When he dies, they say about him whether he is humble and whether he is a Hassid [has the quality of Hesed]. \u201cComplete in his generations,\u201d what is he rewarded with? It is written, \u201cGod walked with Noah,\u201d above all the merits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
46. \u201cAnd Noah begot three sons.\u201d These are three manners of guidance in a person: the guidance of the soul, to be his aid in the work of his master, who is called Shem. The guidance of lust and the evil inclination, who leads and heats up the body regarding transgression, is called Ham. The guidance of the good inclination, which leads a person in abundance, and to adorn his deeds with Torah and fear of the Creator, is called Yefet. This is the guidance that one should establish so as to lead him on the path of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
47. Who detains and corrupts him, as it is written, \u201cand the earth was corrupt before God\u201d? It is the Golem, who corrupts and destroys everything. Solomon said about it in his wisdom, \u201cHe who does so destroys his own soul,\u201d the Golem will make her corrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
48. \u201cThese are the generations of Noah.\u201d It is written, \u201cAnd the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and was saddened in His heart.\u201d The quality of flesh and blood is not as the qualities of the Creator. The quality of flesh and blood does what it does, and then regrets and is saddened by it. Can the Creator too?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
49. It is written, \u201cBehold, I have set before you today life and good, and evil and bad.\u201d He warned the man and said, \u201cAnd you shall choose life so you may live.\u201d But if he walks on the bad path, he will die for his iniquity, as it is written, \u201cThe iniquities of the wicked shall capture him.\u201d It is also written, \u201cAnd the Lord saw that man\u2019s evil was plentiful.\u201d The Creator said, \u201cI see that everyone is wicked, and if they are destroyed for their wickedness, My world will be lost.\u201d When He saw Noah and his sons, that they were righteous and a remnant would remain in the world, he was comforted and was glad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
50. \u201cHe was comforted\u201d means comfort [or consolation]. He sees the bad and sees the good, and is comforted with the good. \u201cAnd He was saddened in His heart,\u201d the quality of mercy of the Creator. Although He was comforted, He took sadness for the loss of the wicked. Although they were wicked, He does not desire their death, and there was no joy before Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
51. It is written, \u201cAnd Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord,\u201d since Noah, in reverse, is Chen [grace]. And the verse begins with \u201chis generations,\u201d in order to show the world how righteous he was, his generations were also righteous and worthy of the world being settled from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
52. How do we know that they were righteous? When they went into the ark, they saw the affliction of the world and they were sorry, and abstained from multiplication. Even when they came out, they came out like that, until the Creator saw what they were doing and said, \u201cI did not create My world in chaos, and you, multiply and be fruitful, mate with your wives and be fruitful and multiply. At that time, He blessed them, as it is written, \u201cAnd God blessed Noah and his sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
53. \u201cThese are the generations of Noah.\u201d Rabbi Pinhas opened, \u201cAnd the sons of the gods saw the daughters of men, that they were good.\u201d The sons of the gods are the sons of the greatest of the generation. It teaches that the daughters of men were beautiful, for it is written here, \u2018that they were good,\u2019 and it is written there, \u2018very good looking.\u2019 They were walking naked, and the men were walking naked, and both saw their pudenda, and they were committing adultery with one another. Why were they called \u2018sons of the gods? Because they were very mighty, giants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
54. Rabbi Yehoshua said, \u201cOnce, I met in the mountain of the Rock of Etam, I found on the two sides of the rock two people who were controlling two mouths, one above the other. They were speaking about me, \u201cLet us remove him from the world.\u201d That great man from the demons of Igeret Bat Mahalat, whose name was Joseph the Demon, called them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said to them about Rabbi Yehoshua, \u201cHe is a great rav, the highest of the generation, who, by the decree of his mouth I was forced to move from the settled earth to the desert, and he is the one who is declared in the firmament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
55. While I was walking, I found the mother of those people. She said about us to her little daughter, \u201cThese are tiny grasshoppers whose strength is in their mouths. Bring them to me, and I will make of them a delicious concoction for your brothers.\u201d Before she came to us, a miracle happened to us, and a river with many waters was made before us. I heard her saying, \u201cMy mother! My mother, the delicacies of daily food have passed from us, and I ran away from them and was saved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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