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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">The following is from RSRH's commentary on Bereishis 9:24</p>
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<div>24 When Noach awoke from his wine, he learned what his youngest<br>
son had done to him.</div>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span>Nevertheless, it is shocking that Noach curses Cham through his</span></p>
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<div>child. This constitutes a serious warning: “Honor your father and your<br>
mother, lest you be punished through your children!” Cham must not<br>
sin against Noach, lest he be punished through Canaan! Sins that children<br>
commit against their parents will be punished by the manner in<br>
which their own children, in turn, will deal with them!</div>
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The same rule applies in the development of the generations. The<br>
younger generation must stand reverently at the grave of the generation<br>
that preceded it. It must take a garment and cover the nakedness, the<br>
weakness, of its forebears, and at the same time receive from them their<br>
spiritual legacy, so as to build its own future. Only then will the generations<br>
develop like a flourishing tree. But if the new generation gloats,<br>
like Cham, over the “nakedness” of its ancestors; if it sees only their<br>
human frailties and derides their spiritual tradition; if the sons scornfully<br>
sever the bond with the generation of the fathers — then their<br>
own future, too, is only a dream: Just as they sneered at the memory<br>
of their forefathers, so will their own descendants sneer at them. Cham<br>
is always the father of Canaan!</div>
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