Venue: OU-JLIC at Queens College OU-JLIC at Queens College

Machshava:

Chassidut,  Relationships,  Spirituality 

Parsha:

Noach 

Collections: Rabbi Charnoff Nesivos Shalom

Description

We are told that what sealed the fate of the generation of the flood was theft but that their primary sin was in the area of arayot, sexual immorality. What is the connection between the two? The Netivot Shalom explains how issues of arayot can pollute our worldview to the point where that which is good seems evil and that which is evil seems good and can eventually lead to the complete destruction of ourselves and the world. We discuss the practical implications for our everyday lives and how to keep and clean and clear mind, focused on our relationship with God. (Bereishit, Noach: Cheit Dor HaMabul, pp. 48-50)