The commentators disagree about whether the rainbow, which is the sign of the covenant, was a new creation or whether it was a natural phenomenon. Perhaps both are true, as we shall explain.
Each of Noach's sons reacted differently to his drunkenness, and this reveals their fundamentally different attitudes about the relationships between parents and children.
Chazal teach that the descendants of Noach are obligated to fulfill the seven Noahide commandments. Is it possible to find a source for all seven of these mitzvot in the Torah?
The beginning of our parasha describes how humanity had fallen to an extremely low point. Only five chapters earlier, an account was given of the creation of the world and of man. How did man succeed in corrupting his ways in such radical fashion in such a short period of time? How did God repair the damage?
