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Noach's Ark vs The Titanic
(Unsinkable / Unthinkable)
We read in parasha Noach: (Ber.6.13)
And
G-d said unto Noah,The end of All flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled
with violence through them ;and behold , I will destroy them with the earth;
Make thee an ark of gopher wood….
Recently
, an epic movie was made about another great ship,the Titanic. How very sad it
was to recall how 1500 lives were lost when the great ship was hit by an
iceberg. As I saw this, movie I asked what the lesson was.
I
discovered in the library, that the Titanic had a sister ship, the Britannic,
which also sank four years later , in 1916 . However, only 30 lives where lost.
Although the Britanic went down faster (in 55 minutes), than the Titanic, there
were enough lifeboats for everyone.
In
a sense, it was not the lifeboats which saved the people on the Britannic it
was a WORD. The word was TITANIC. Since the sinking of the Titanic , the word
Titanic became a warning to people all over about the dangers of drowning, even
on an unsinkable ship!
Perhaps
we can apply lesson to the story of Noah's ark. In fact the Hebrew word for ark
is Teva, which also means WORD. The rabbis comment that the violence in the
world began with words. It is the word of Hashem which can save us . By
studying Torah and by sharing Torah we can find the words to lift us UP, above
the waters of alienation . Baruch Hashem.
Written
by Harry S.Pearle. 757 Harvard St.,Rochester, NY (716) 256-3832
Note
Harry is a very
interesting intellectual ,especially he points the present issues facing Jewish
community in particular with deep thought for all of the Jewish community
leaders ,rabbis ,politicians, youths and he is very deeply concerned with the
Jewish community of diaspora and their welfare. He has to his credit hundreds
of articles published in reputed magazines and newspapers ,national and
international. We will try to put on this site as many articles as possible by
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