Parshas Noach 5786: In Broad Daylight
Torah Parallels Parshas Noach לעילוי נשמת האדא בת מרדכי In Broad Daylight The Torah ( Beraishis 7:13) describes that when Noach and his family went into the teivah (ark), it was “ b’etzem hayom hazeh ” . Rashi quotes the M edrash ( Beraishis Rabbah 32:8) which provide s a little more conte x t around what was happening on that day , as alluded to in the Torah’s use of the extra word “ b’etzem ” in des cribing the moment that Noach and his family went into the teivah . Rashi writes that the people of Noach’s generation said , “If we see Noach enter the t eivah we will smash it up and kill him ”. In response, Hashem said, ‘‘I will let him enter before the eyes of everyone and we shall see whose word prevails ” . This is why the passuk uses the word “ b’etzem ” to convey that Noach and his family entered the teivah in broad daylight in front of everyone, and there was nothing anyone could do to ...