Friday Bonus Intro to the flood

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Sep 5, 2025 · 1m

This week we will be reading about Noach and the flood. When reading the text, pay attention to the confusion in the story. When did Noach start building the ark? When did he enter the ark? Where did the waters come from? When did the rain start? When did it finish? The text itself seems like an amalgamation of various versions of the story. Some commentators, like Rashi, try to synthesize the mixed up versions of the story into one timeline.

We can also look at the story in a "form follows content" analysis. The story of the flood is meant to be chaotic and haphazard. The purpose is for the…