R. Avi Strausberg on Parashat Noah: After the Worst Happens

Where there is order, there is the potential for disorder. Where forces are held back, there is the potential for them to break free. Last week, in Parashat Bereishit, God ordered the world, separating light from darkness, the upper waters from the lower waters, dry land from water, and the powerful tehom, the watery depths at the foundation of God’s world, was held at bay. A fragile kind of existence was created which allowed for the creation of life in these new conditions.&nbsp...