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

Halacha:

Kashrut 

Midrash:

Midrash Rabbah - Torah 

Parsha:

Noach 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Living Midrash

References: Sanhedrin: 108b  

Description

The latter two-thirds of Bereishit Rabbah 31:14: Why does HaShem spell out the three floors for the teivah? Why split the kosher and non-kosher creatures on the boat? What is the meaning of the last word in Bereishit 6:16 - תעשה? And how did Noach manage to build the teivah himself?