{"id":6596,"date":"2017-10-20T12:16:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2017-10-20T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:16:26","slug":"message-moreh-greg-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/news-views\/blog\/message-moreh-greg-5","title":{"rendered":"Message from Moreh Greg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s parshah is Parshat Noach.\u00a0 The story of Noach and the flood is well known.\u00a0 Noach is chosen to save a remnant of the world from the flood because he is \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7 (<em>ish tzaddik<\/em>) \u2013 a \u201cjust\u201d or \u201crighteous\u201d person.\u00a0 The word \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7 (<em>tzadik)<\/em> is related to the word \u05e6\u05d3\u05e7 (<em>tzeddek)<\/em> \u2013 \u201cjustice,\u201d and to \u05e6\u05d3\u05e7\u05d4 (<em>tzedakkah<\/em>), which properly understood denotes those acts that bring about justice or fairness in the world.\u00a0\u00a0 What exactly is \u201cjustice\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0 How can human beings can help create a just world through \u201ctzedakkah\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>At school this week we paid special attention to the sign that God gave Noach and his family after the flood.\u00a0 God drew their attention to the rainbow in the sky as a sign of an everlasting agreement never to destroy the world again because of human deeds.\u00a0 Through this sign God demonstrated respect for people\u2019s ability to contend with their own challenges.\u00a0 We discussed with our students the many ways that we can observe the middah: \u201cshow signs of respect\u201d.\u00a0 Signs of respect can include the simplest acts of listening to each other, greeting each other in the hallway, acknowledging each others\u2019 contributions.\u00a0\u00a0 We, like Noach, must learn how to be \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7 \u05d1\u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d5 (<em>tzaddik bedorotav<\/em>) \u2013 \u201ca just person in our own generation.\u201d\u00a0 The first step may simply be showing signs of respect for each other.<\/p>\n<p>This Shabbat may we all find ways to show signs of respect to our friends, our family, and the world which has been given to us as a gift.<\/p>\n<p>Shabbat Shalom,<\/p>\n<p>Moreh Greg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s parshah is Parshat Noach.\u00a0 The story of Noach and the flood is well known.\u00a0 Noach is chosen to save a remnant of the world from the flood because &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9 - 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