i’m sure it’s still technically thrusday somewhere…………
We know the torah doesn’t write as much as an extra letter, so why in the world did the torah go through so much “trouble” describing the exact measurements of the teyva? going through the exact details, and furthermore why is it so important for the torah to tell us that Noach did EXACTLY as hashem commanded him? WHY G-D WHY?
We all have a tendency to take miracles and “naturalize” them, we always look as much as we can to kick hashem out of our lives, converting all yad hasehm situations into “yad me”, and we do it for a very simple reason. If we can convince ourselves that we r really the ones that run the show, then we don’t have to answer up to anybody, if hashem is in control then he has the “right” to demand certain things from us, but if we r in control……..then we call all the shots.
Ok Natan, very good point……………but what does it have to do with noach?
Boats float. they have been doing it for thousands of years, u just drop em in an ocean and……..they float. Noach built a boat. The boat floated. End of story. Miracle? i don’t see one……….. you wanna tell me that every time there was a flood and a sailor was saved it’s a miracle? then you should also say that every time anything floats it is a miracle……. i hope u guys get the jist.
And so, that is what the torah was trying to tell us. If noach would have built the teyva even 1 inch differently he would not have been saved, if he would’ve chosen a different interior design, the teyva would not have floated. He was commanded to do something specific, and he did it, THEREFORE he was saved.
True Hashem created the world with millions of “natural laws”, and yet still anytime ANYTHING happens, it is only cuz hashem decided it should work like that.
That is why hashem “made a point” of mentioning all the details, to remind us just how much we depend on him, just how much we all have to realize that hashem runs the show, and “sadly” (for us), as a direct result of that he actually has the right to demand of us what he demands of us.