Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:

Reward and Punishment 

Midrash:

Midrash Rabbah - Torah 

Parsha:

Bereishit,  Noach 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Living Midrash

Description

Conclusion of Bereishit Rabbah 31:7, explaining (in tandem with Bereishit Rabbah 28:8) why HaShem destroyed the topsoil when He brought the Flood. Three ways to look at the role of the Land and its relationship with Gd and humanity.