Parshat Noah: How Righteous was the Ark Builder?

[jhrstrk]

Matthue Roth, I don't understand why you make a point to mention that Noah is the only person in the Torah to be called a "righteous man" and then portray him in the unpleasant manner that you described the other non-righteous people in the beginning.

[TheAwakenedHeretic]

At first I was like :( And then I was like :)

[23lildi]

I did not know giraffes are kosher ...

[greggbursey]

So this video is basically saying that Noah wasn't concerned about saving others. Is there any evidence from that in the text? Otherwise that is just an inappropriate interpretation.

[matt90210andahalf]

@greggbursey That's not what I said at all. Check the end credits, please -- most of this comes straight via the original Biblical text, with tiny bits of elucidation from the Midrash and Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berdichev.

[TheAwakenedHeretic]

@greggbursey I like that interpretation. When I was a child in Sunday school I distinctly remember an image of the Ark on the rough stormy waters, and hundreds of people swimming around it, some holding babies, begging Noah to let them on.

[MrMenachemK]

I like the idea of telling the stories of the Torah in cartoon form. However, it needs to be accurate. This video is NOT accurate .



[gdashdcast]

@MrMenachemK Care to explain why not? It is a fairly "pshat" retelling of the story with some humorous lines about emus and whatnot, and then it's very clear that Matthue's drash at the end about righteousness is just that: drash. And for what it's worth? It's a drash from an extremely talented student of Torah. We would love to hear what you find inaccurate so that Matthue can respond.