Parashas Noach

"Noach ish tzadik tamim haya b'dorosav/Noach was a righteous man, flawless in his generation..." Bereishis 6:9
The second Rashi in our parasha brings up the famous machlokes on the word "b'dorosav/in his generation." "There are those among our sages (yesh miraboseinu) who infer from it to his praise. Certainly, had he lived in a righteous generation he would have been even more righteous. There are others who infer it to his discredit. Relative to his generation he was righteous, but had he lived in the generation of Avraham he would not have been considered significant."

Rav Yackov Dovid from Amshinov points out that the ones who infer from it to Noach's praise are called our sages, and the ones who infer it to Noach's discredit have the title sages removed. We learn from this the important lesson that we always have to give people the benefit of the doubt. Every Jew has a good point inside. It may be buried deep inside but it is there.

When Hashem commanded Noach, "Two of each you shall bring into the ark," all creatures entered in pairs.
Deceit wanted to come into the arkalso. Noach said to him, "You cannot enter without a mate!"
Deceit went in search of a mate and found Want.
"From where have you come?" asked Want .
"I return from Noach's ark. I wanted to enter, but was rejected for lack of a partner. Do you want to be my mate?"
"Gladly," replied Want, "but what do you offer me in exchange?"
"Whatever I acquire, you may take."
"A deal!" said Want.
So Deceit and Want entered the ark together, with an eternal partnership: Whatever Deceit acquires, Want takes away. Midrash Shocher Tov

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