00:00:00 – 00:02:31 There’s a lot going on if I vote—everyone's inside my part of the house, which still isn’t cleared out yet. It’s been a really tough time emotionally for me. From an emotional standpoint, even when talking about Noah, he’s a super important figure because he was seen as someone special in his generation—a generation that was totally messed up, kind of like what we see today. There are things happening now that just don’t seem believable. 00:01:21 – 00:03:53 The horror that's happening in the world, but not us. What's it called? And Brad, I call it no, because no, it's not for me. It's difficult. Oh no, it's a character who, even though he was considered pretty good for his generation in God's eyes, he wasn't like Moses, for example. Because no, I didn't pray for his generation. He didn't make the same sacrifices to try to convince God not to flood and destroy the world. On the contrary, to those of you who have been with me protecting last year… 00:02:37 – 00:05:08 We know that Moses, when God told him, "I'm going to destroy this people because they're stubborn, really stubborn, and they won't listen," Moses said, "If you want to do that, take me out of the Torah instead. I'd rather die than let you destroy the people." But it wasn't really like that—he knew God had chosen him to enter the ark with his family, so he was happy about it. So he did what God wanted. He tried every way to do the right things, just like God had taught him, but he didn't have… 00:03:51 – 00:06:23 This feeling of sacrificing oneself because the people will change, and the people strive to return to God—they don't go against God. Back then, the Torah didn’t exist yet, but God’s wisdom was there. We’re talking about ten generations from the creation of the world. So whoever did this, we know that the generation created by God didn’t want to know anything about it—they were completely lost and were doing really, really bad things from a human perspective. 00:05:08 – 00:07:32 They destroyed the animals with their actions, so when God saw that man's power for evil was so huge, He decided and said, "No, I want you to build the ark and put every species of animal inside." We all know this story, and maybe some details are really important and interesting because humans had been using animals for sexual purposes. When God saw this destruction caused by man, He realized that man wasn't even… 00:06:28 – 00:09:04 He's okay with the bad stuff he does, but he also uses animals. At this point, I’ve decided to destroy this whole world — and I mean everything. There was absolutely nothing created that survived the flood. What’s really interesting is that a person can do good too, trying to be like God wants. Now, of course, we have the commandments, everything written down, the Torah in writing, oral traditions, and the sages — though back then, they didn’t have that. 00:07:48 – 00:10:09 Talking about 10 generations ago, I know nothing about the creation, and I ask myself, I wonder how it’s possible to forget what happened ten generations ago. Like us, for example, today there are people in the world who want to deny the existence of the Holocaust. And I’m not talking about random people, I’m talking about people the whole world watches, who out of pure ignorance say that what happened 70 or 75 years ago never happened. 00:09:01 – 00:11:35 The Holocaust didn’t happen, right? That people didn’t survive, that they didn’t make mistakes against each other, one government against another, one human against another, what they did. And we’re talking about two generations after the Holocaust, three generations, one generation when my parents were alive. So I’m the first generation born after the Holocaust. So what are we even talking about? But to forget and erase God after ten, after 10 actions—that’s something wild to think about. Meanwhile, in the area, something’s written… 00:10:18 – 00:12:58 There are things I could add here with you, but I don’t want to because we don’t know each other well enough, let’s put it that way, and I don’t want to scare anyone. The Zohar gets into discussions that require some serious old-school study to really understand it. But one thing is that Lukovic’s rally says that, honestly, he didn’t start or try to talk to the people for 120 years to say goodbye, but he didn’t do much more than that—he didn’t pray—and that’s the important thing. 00:11:42 – 00:14:58 The pre-game isn’t just about doing the work yourself, but the rap says it, and I’m here translating it, contrasting with Moses. Moses showed through his actions that messengers have to let off steam and make sacrifices, especially when his generation was at risk of being wiped out. He prayed, truly giving his all, praying to God. If you don’t go to the word to forgive, then go forgive their sins. I don’t want to be part of the Torah you’ve written now. Moses said goodbye once and for all. 00:13:21 – 00:15:56 That word hit me hard, and I listened. It means that the prayer we offer to God—not just for ourselves or our own good—but it has to be for the good of others too. It’s written: when you pray, pray first for others and then for yourself. Now, here’s the part about entering the boat, and all the animals God wanted to be on the ark came in by themselves—both the healthy ones and the not-so-healthy ones—they all came in on their own. 00:14:43 – 00:17:39 The ark obviously had separate compartments for the animals, but the real miracle is that we're talking about a year—the flood lasted seven days and 40 days, and then it took another year before the waters receded enough to leave the ark. So, we're talking about a whole year of animals living together—animals that normally kill each other, and humans too—and here we all are together, three sons with their wives, along with the animals, all together in the ark, obviously. 00:16:11 – 00:18:49 They were saved miraculously because they were groups of animals that came on their own to enter the ark. Obviously, God sent them and willed it, and the ark refused to let in those God didn’t want. Obviously, they saw the animals, but the thing is there were seven pairs of males and seven pairs of females. Even those not of the usual kind that God wanted to save—there were two pairs instead of seven male and female pairs. But only those allowed could enter; they were recognized by the ark. 00:17:29 – 00:20:04 They were both masculine and feminine, two pairs, and you never hear about this—it's pretty important because from the start, God clearly defined it: there are males and there are females, and two need to be together. No males with males, no females with females. So those that were of the same sex weren’t allowed into the ark, because later, when they come out, God said to multiply the earth as humans, and this applies to animals too. It’s really important to keep this in mind, because today people have a different idea of what's normal. 00:18:54 – 00:22:02 But God's rule was obviously set from the beginning. God gave Adam a wife, Eve, made from him, from the same four directions of the world, from the earth, from these four directions of the world. Just like Adam was made, Eve was made too, so they could come together and be one. So from the start, male and female were established. It’s written that his sons, with their wives and children who were with them, went into the ark when they really were. 00:20:28 – 00:23:11 They were forced to get in because the flood had already started—this is really, really important. Since he wasn’t a righteous person, someone in his generation who was considered worthy in God’s eyes, he didn’t truly believe the flood would come. So, God told him, and he did God’s work by building the ark, but deep down he didn’t believe it. The Torah says that the flood had already begun by the time they finally decided to get into the ark, along with the clean animals and the unclean animals. What does that mean? 00:21:54 – 00:24:50 What is and isn’t, all animals, all of them, everything that flies and everything that lives and moves on the land, both males and females, just as God commanded. A year later, after seven days of the flood—the flood really did come. Now, there’s also a point here because it talks about how it started slowly, not like a flood right away but like rain. After seven days of rain, it got stronger and stronger. Then the doors were shut, which is really interesting because God… 00:23:25 – 00:26:00 He put guards in front of the door—I don’t even know what it’s called in Italian. It’s huge, black, with a neon light, and it all kind of blends together. So, he talks, he rapes, or something like that. It’s interesting because they talk about Noah, who was 600 years old when the flood came. But why didn’t it come when he was 100? The idea is that it took 600 years of his life until he was mature enough to understand what was going on. It’s really, really interesting because in that area they talk about a lot of very different things. 00:24:54 – 00:27:23 Telling him that the words and ideas in the Torah are different from nature is pretty easy for a 5-year-old to understand. And Rush, commenting on the Torah, says in his notes that a 5-year-old should get the main ideas of what God wanted from people. But here we're talking about Noah, who lived for hundreds of years because God gave him a lifespan that didn’t match what people’s actions were like back then. God gave much more time, and He was very patient. He gave Noah 600 years to grow and mature. 00:26:12 – 00:28:30 Understanding what his responsibility to God was, to build the ark, and it took about a year living inside the ark before the flood of 40 days started with rain. We said it began with rain to give people a chance to think, maybe I need to turn back, maybe I need to find a way to pray, maybe I need to return to God. But nobody thought about God, nobody thought a flood would come and destroy the world—just like today, we don’t think something could come and wipe out the world. 00:27:19 – 00:30:12 Because God made a promise to Noah and said, "I will never destroy the world again." He can still cause destruction and perform miracles, like wiping out a region with a big tsunami, earthquake, or hurricane, but He won’t bring a flood or cause worldwide destruction anymore. That was the promise God made with Noah. And this is really important because the number 40 comes up a lot in the Torah—40 days, 40 years in the desert, 40 days… 00:28:48 – 00:31:08 Like when Moses went up Mount Sinai the first time to get the tablets, it was for 40 days, and then the second time as well. So, numbers always come into play. And when people study—not just numerology, but the numbers involved in Kabbalah—they notice there’s obviously a connection between these numbers. Here, we're talking about 40 days of rain and the flood, which equals a full year—the time the waters needed so that the animals, families, wives, and kids could finally leave the ark. And we know there was a small window there. 00:30:00 – 00:33:08 And through this window, he sent it out for the first time, and it came back. The second time, he sent out a pigeon—no, a dove—and the dove left his heart and came back. The second time he sent it, it came back with an olive branch. So, after another seven days, he sent it again, and the door was open, and they went out. At this point, it’s important to understand that even God, during this year, showed justice in the whole story of destroying the world He created and in the memories. 00:31:44 – 00:34:24 Obviously not animals and family, what he says is interesting. The third doctor’s coach, on volume 25, page 34, says that a person like us might think it’s better to stay inside the ark, keep to their spirituality, privacy, and safe space. But nature teaches us that a Jew must step out of their comfort zone, enter the world, and, as the Rebbe says, take responsibility for the world around them. That means it’s great to study and learn, and that’s perfectly fine. 00:33:16 – 00:36:39 It's totally fine to be true to yourself, but that alone doesn't help the world. A man isn't meant to live on an island. Humans are made to share themselves—their wisdom, knowledge, ethics, and work—for the good of the world. It's super important. And I say, go ahead, you can't just stay put, but go—it’s like a command. Step out of the ark, face the world, because you are part of it. We all come from the same three roots. I said no, and no, just like saying no to a coffee. 00:35:04 – 00:38:04 From the fifth part, in the fifth section, when the fifth man arrives, it talks about nature at 9.8. It's really interesting because it says—and I'll translate it—that God saw he wasn't afraid to have children. So, He said to us and to those with Him—I'm translating directly from the original—He says, "I'm making a pact with you and with your offspring after you, and with all the animals of the world that walk with you, including the creepy insects and reptiles, or even those that came from you." 00:36:34 – 00:39:53 From the boat and all the living creatures in the world, making a direct translation of the Torah: I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants that never again will any flesh be destroyed completely by a flood, and there will never be another flood to wipe out the entire world. And I say the sign, the symbol of this covenant that I am making between me and you, and every living soul with you, for all generations—which means us too—is that I have put a rainbow in the clouds as the sign of the covenant between me and you. 00:38:20 – 00:41:45 When I see destruction and dark clouds coming over the world, instead, a rainbow will appear in the clouds. And God, God will remind me of the promise between me and you, and every living creature—both land and sea—will never be destroyed again. The animals and humans of the world, the rainbow will be in the clouds, and I will look at the rainbow to remember the promise forever between God and His symbol of justice and righteousness. 00:40:16 – 00:43:28 A creature that lives on the earth, in the world, showed us the rainbow because it didn’t know what a rainbow was. It said, "This is the sign of the promise I made between me and all the living things in the world." So every time we see a rainbow, we should remember that it’s a moment when God is looking at the world, thinking about maybe destroying it, but then remembering the promise He made with us and everything He created. It’s amazing because we don’t have to… 00:41:59 – 00:44:53 Look, it’s written, and we shouldn’t just look at the rainbow. We all look at it because it’s something amazing, but what we see is just a small part of what a real rainbow truly is. So, here’s the deal: he obviously accepts what he says, makes a pact with Hashemi, and instead of only eating vegetables, God now gives man the chance to eat meat. This is a big deal because eating meant eating raw or unprocessed food, and I’m giving some… 00:43:33 – 00:46:48 These are pretty important details already, and these are the seven laws of Noah in Italian—I put them up here so you can read them. Basically, the seven laws of Noah are, up to today, the moral laws of the world—the instructions given to the world, human rules that apply everywhere. It’s not just a Jewish thing. We have the 613 commandments and the 13 too, but in this case, God gave us seven commandments. And like I always ask you in this work for our night… 00:45:12 – 00:47:47 During our time together, I ask you to prepare yourselves because it's impossible to read and share all the amazing insights in every section of each chapter of the Torah. But if you prepare, you’ll be ready for our discussions. I post the material every week, so you can read it and get ready for our talk. The seven laws are the same, with some variations and omissions you can look up yourself. I only focus on the beginning, not like a full analysis, and after that, there’s an explanation of what they are. 00:46:27 – 00:49:32 Here's the text translated into natural, colloquial English: "Stealing is considered a crime by the court, and a black person shouldn't commit murder. Number 4: don't have illicit sexual relations. Number 5: don’t cut up a living animal. Don’t commit idolatry, don’t blaspheme, don’t profane the name of God. Finally, I took these seven laws in Italian to share with you. From what we read in the laws of Noah, we can conclude that these laws put Christianity and Judaism on an equal footing." 00:48:10 – 00:50:48 This guarantees that all people can be counted among the righteous and have the right to justice in the world to come—justice, justice, everyone gets it, not just the Jews, but everyone has the right to live in the world that’s coming. I don’t want to get into details because just this word opens up a really important and long discussion. Here, we’re stepping into a whole different topic, because the generation after the flood—think about what that means—it's worth considering that the generation before the flood was a devastating one. God… 00:49:50 – 00:53:01 So, God made a pact with Noah, saying He wouldn’t destroy the world anymore. And me? I am who I am. I don’t get how this generation, after the flood—descended from Noah, from his family, his three sons who obviously repopulated the world—still turned out so messed up, still wanting to be like God and destroy everything. So Noah’s descendants, who lived through the flood, became enemies of God, trying to build a huge tower to grab power from the heavens. That’s what the story of the Tower of Babel is about. 00:51:33 – 00:54:52 The seventh man who arrives to the actor, then I heard a piece from the Torah. I’ll translate: the whole world, the whole world speaks one language—Hebrew—and they were united in a cause against God, okay? After they migrated to the plain of Shinar, which was big enough for everyone, they settled there and said, “Okay, now let’s get ready and start building a city, obviously with a tower that reaches the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves so we won’t be scattered all over the world but stay together.” Then God came down from the sky to see what they were doing. 00:53:11 – 00:56:01 The city and the tower were built by Adam’s descendants. And here, Don says "No’s descendants," but it’s actually Adam’s descendants, because Adam was the first man who went against God’s word. So, when we talk about being against God’s word, we mean Adam’s kids. Remember, Noah listened to God, but Adam didn’t. Adam brought death into the world because God wanted us to live forever in the Garden of Eden. 00:54:39 – 00:57:40 But about eating from the tree of knowledge and listening to the voice of the serpent, Eve, the woman, gave him something to eat, and he ate what was given to him. So, those who wanted to build the tower are called the children of Adam, and now woman and I say, also considering that they are one people and have one language, this is what they’re doing or what must be stopped in what they’re doing. He’s obviously talking to the court of heaven because he’s asking himself that. 00:56:19 – 00:59:18 Here's what needs to be done: get ready, because I'm going to him and saying, "Let's do this—let's confuse their languages so they won't understand each other, and that way they can't do what they want." It's about communication. God steps into the conversation with people and says, "You all speak different languages, but you're united against the law, against God. I'm going to prepare something for what's coming." So, He confuses their languages and scatters them all over the face of the earth. Obviously, no one understands anyone else anymore, and that's why they couldn't finish building the tower. 00:57:50 – 01:01:00 The city is called "babbei" for this reason: because God confused the word "palal" in a Hebrew. He mixed up the languages of the whole world. This is how nations were born, how differences in language and customs started. This is where dispersion began, where the world and diversity began. Later, people talk about the descendants of the three sons, and it's incredible because we're talking about generations and generations. Noah lived 950 years, and of course, his children—though not that long-lived like him—created all this. 00:59:29 – 01:03:04 They had sons and daughters and obviously populated the world according to their offspring. As for Asca, he lived 70 years and became the father of Avram, Amor, and Farano. We'll finish this part of the story here. These are the descendants of Teheran, and Raf gave rise to Roma. Aran was the father of Lot and Karan. Aran died during his father's lifetime, in his homeland. The group of people, of course, is where Do was. Abraham went with his wife and his son Lot, along with Lot’s wife Sarai and their son. 01:01:31 – 01:04:38 About the hacker brother named Dacourt, let’s see—they leave a bad place and head to the land of Canaan. They settle in a place called Phara and live there. Ras lived a total of 205 years, not 950 like Noah. The years are shorter now because God is dealing differently with people. Tera died in between. There’s a story in all this that we haven’t touched on yet, but it’s an important reason—I’ll save that for last. And we’re already going beyond our time. 01:03:02 – 01:06:28 There's a story about a guy named Ram, one of the northern films, because he was a man of the land. He made a vineyard, picked the grapes, drank the wine, and got drunk. Fan's son saw that his father was obviously naked, so he immediately went out and told everyone loudly about it to his brothers. In doing so, he exposed his father and, of course, his grandfather. That's something everyone knows, and that's why it was a big deal. 01:04:44 – 01:07:55 Big, big is the opposite of a blessing that a father gives to his son. So he said, "Fan will be declared," because Sam lay up, and they took a cloak to put over the father, so he wouldn’t see it or feel bad. And even when they put it on and took it off to cover him, they didn't look at the father's reaction. But when he finally got up from his surprise, he made a curse instead of a blessing for the clan. He said, "No, he will be a slave among the slaves to his brothers." Blessed be God, the Lord says. 01:06:29 – 01:10:04 Etna will be like a slave to their god, competing for affection, the chance to go and settle in many places around the world. But it won’t be like a simple slave or someone in exile, like Abram or Sarai or the son of Aran—they went to a place that was already named. But they lived there from the start, and there was already a curse on that place. We keep moving forward, but not right now. The big lesson here is that if someone talks badly about another person in front of others, maybe they should just talk directly to that person instead. 01:08:52 – 01:12:02 They absolutely have to expose the harm caused by someone else, the fact that right now, this cursed moment, the son of his son already has an idea from Hanoi about how humans are going to behave from here on. We should close this chapter and hope. From all this, we learn not to insult each other, to open the doors to communication, to believe in and listen to God's word, to see the evil that happens and choose to live in goodness, to let go of things that can cause harm between us, and to try to… 01:10:42 – 01:13:41 Living well means knowing you have a big responsibility in the world to share God's law, and that the seven laws of Noah are the foundation of the world's morality. People who live in justice and follow these seven laws have a right to life in a world that will be peaceful and godly. I’m personally asking for prayers because on Tuesday, a spirit will enter for something pretty important in my life, and I’m praying for the strength to handle it. God will provide. 01:12:11 – 01:13:34 The Italian hospital in Nazareth is running smoothly, and with God’s help, we’ll see each other next week for the portion. Reilly will be taking my place in the town where God sent you. Take care of yourselves a lot, and I’m thinking of Calabria this week. Blessings to everyone, bye!