Noach

Also known as Nauach, The Torah/Noach

thumb|''Noah's Ark'' (1846 painting by Edward Hicks)

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Readings
First reading—Genesis 6:9–22
Second reading—Genesis 7:1–16
Third reading—Genesis 7:17–8:14
Fourth reading—Genesis 8:15–9:7
Fifth reading—Genesis 9:8–17
Sixth reading—Genesis 9:18–10:32
Seventh reading—Genesis 11:1–32
Readings according to the triennial cycle
In ancient parallels
Genesis chapters 6–8
In inner-biblical interpretation
Genesis chapter 6
Genesis chapter 9
Genesis chapter 11
In classical rabbinic interpretation
Genesis chapter 6
Noah's moral character
Walk with god interpretation
God's regret
Marital status
Generational difference
Scope of the sin punished
Interpretations related to god's instructions
Interpretations related to the mocking of Noah by contemporaries
The temperature of the water
Regarding condition inside the Ark
Genesis chapter 7
The differentiation of clean and unclean
Meaning of "Seven animals each"
40 day quarantine
Possible inclusion of cain in the purge
Seven days before the flood
Debate around Genesis 7:11
Wind
The question of water levels
On how the purge was delivered
Noah as common ancestor of non jews and jews
Genesis chapter 8
The raven
The dove
Unloading the ark
The presence of yetzer hara post flood
Genesis chapter 9
Noahide laws and its applications
Fear
Dietary rules
Differing opinions on Genesis 9:5
The promise of no calamity yet anticipation of calamity
The rainbow
Interpretations of curse of Canaan
Genesis chapter 10
Genesis chapter 11
Psalms referencing the story
Debate on the toponym Shinar
Vayehi, the implication of woe
Parallel verse in Nimrod story
What the generation of dispersion did wrong
Confusion of languages by god descending
Focus on ten and the trials of Abraham
Sarah as prophetess
The barreness of Sarah
In medieval Jewish interpretation
Genesis chapter 6
Genesis chapter 7
Genesis chapter 8
Genesis chapter 9
Genesis chapter 11
Genesis chapters 11–22
In modern interpretation
Genesis chapters 5–11
Genesis chapter 6
Genesis chapter 7
Genesis chapter 8
Genesis chapter 9
Genesis chapter 10
Genesis chapter 11
In critical analysis
Commandments
In the liturgy
Haftarah
Connection to the parashah
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
Ancient
Biblical
Early nonrabbinic
Classical rabbinic
Medieval
Modern
External links
Texts
Commentaries

thumb|''Noah's Ark (1846 painting by Edward Hicks)

Noach (, ) is the second weekly Torah portion (, parashah'') in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 6:9–11:32. The parashah tells the stories of the Flood and Noah's Ark, of Noah's subsequent drunkenness and cursing of Canaan, and of the Tower of Babel.