Reply To: Dvar Torah Noach: Monkey See, Monkey Do

We see ourselves the opposte of Darvin. Darvin saw the monkeys turning into humans seeing generations becoming smarter whereas we, if we don’t behave according to the Torah, by being further away from Kabolas Hatorah as the our religiosity diminishes through time , turn ourselves into monkeys. The Binah Leitim interprets the statement in Pirkei Avos, חיה רעה בא לעולם על שבועת שוא, wild animal comes to the world because of swearing falsely. They are here on the world? He says, one not using his mouth correctly, turns himself into a wild animal.