Daily Chumash Noach Revi’i – The survivors exit the Teiva

🌍 Leaving the Ark

1️⃣ Q: What does “אַתָּה וְאִשְׁתְּךָ” (you and your wife) imply?
🅰️ Husband and wife were now permitted to resume marital relations.

2️⃣ Q: What does “הוֹצֵא” vs. “הַיְצֵא” teach us?
🅰️ “הַיְצֵא” means to tell them to leave; “הוֹצֵא” means to physically take them out if they refuse.

3️⃣ Q: What does “וְשָֽׁרְצוּ בָאָרֶץ” (swarm on the earth) imply?
🅰️ Animals were forbidden to mate in the ark.

4️⃣ Q: What does “לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם” (by families) teach?
🅰️ Animals committed to staying within their species.

🛐 Noach’s Sacrifice and Hashem’s Response

5️⃣ Q: Why did Noach offer sacrifices from pure animals?
🅰️ He understood that the extra pairs were meant for offerings.

6️⃣ Q: What does “מִנְּעֻרָיו” (from his youth) teach about human nature?
🅰️ The evil inclination begins from birth—when a child stirs from the womb.

7️⃣ Q: Why does Hashem repeat “I will never again…”?
🅰️ It serves as a Divine oath, as explained in Tractate Shevuot.

8️⃣ Q: What does “לֹא יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ” (will not cease) teach about seasons?
🅰️ The six seasons will continue uninterrupted as long as the earth exists.

9️⃣ Q: What does Rashi say about day and night during the Flood?
🅰️ They ceased functioning; there was no distinction due to halted constellations.

🌱 The Six Seasons (Rashi’s Breakdown)

🔟 Q: What months make up “seedtime”?
🅰️ Half of Tishrei, Marcheshvan, and half of Kislev.

1️⃣1️⃣ Q: What months make up “cold”?
🅰️ Half of Kislev, Tevet, and half of Shevat.

1️⃣2️⃣ Q: What months make up “winter” (חורף)?
🅰️ Half of Shevat, Adar, and half of Nisan.

1️⃣3️⃣ Q: What months make up “harvest” (קציר)?
🅰️ Half of Nisan, Iyar, and half of Sivan.

1️⃣4️⃣ Q: What months make up “summer” (קיץ)?
🅰️ Half of Sivan, Tamuz, and half of Av.

1️⃣5️⃣ Q: What months make up “heat” (חום)?
🅰️ Half of Av, Elul, and half of Tishrei.

🧬 Hashem’s Covenant with Noach

1️⃣6️⃣ Q: What does “וְחִתְּכֶם” (dread of you) mean?
🅰️ Animals will fear humans as long as humans are alive.

1️⃣7️⃣ Q: What change occurred in diet after the Flood?
🅰️ Humans were now permitted to eat meat, unlike Adam who ate only plants.

1️⃣8️⃣ Q: What is “בָּשָׂר בְּנַפְשׁוֹ” (flesh with its soul)?
🅰️ A prohibition against eating a limb from a live animal.

1️⃣9️⃣ Q: What does “בְּנַפְשׁוֹ דָמוֹ” teach?
🅰️ Blood from a live animal is also forbidden.

⚖️ Accountability for Bloodshed

2️⃣0️⃣ Q: What does “וְאַךְ אֶת־דִּמְכֶם” imply?
🅰️ Even suicide is punishable—God will demand an account.

2️⃣1️⃣ Q: What does “מִיַּד כָּל־חַיָּה” teach?
🅰️ Animals were warned not to attack humans.

2️⃣2️⃣ Q: What does “מִיַּד הָאָדָם” refer to?
🅰️ God will punish murderers even if no witnesses are present.

2️⃣3️⃣ Q: What does “מִיַּד אִישׁ אָחִיו” mean?
🅰️ Even accidental killers must seek atonement or face Divine justice.

2️⃣4️⃣ Q: What does “בָּֽאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ” teach?
🅰️ Murderers must be executed by human courts if witnessed.

2️⃣5️⃣ Q: What is the deeper meaning of “עָשָׂה אֶת־הָאָדָם”?
🅰️ It’s an abbreviated phrase meaning “the Maker made man.”