[Avodah] Interesting Insight on Noach

[Richard Wolberg]

It has always bothered me that Noah was considered the only righteous person
(along with his family) and that everyone else was evil. However, just today
as I was studying various commentaries, I came across the following amazing
account in Tanchuma, R’eh, 3.

From the moment that God gave the Torah, it is only he who sins that will be punished,
though before that, the whole generation was responsible for the sin of the individual.
Thus there were many righteous men swept away with the deluge in the time of Noah.
Hence, since Noah was the “most” righteous, he was spared although the other righteous
were not, as a consequence of collective guilt at that time.

rw

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. 
And one cannot exist without the other.
Eric Burdon

> 
> “If you live for people’s acceptance, you will
> die from their rejection.”   
> Anonymous