Noach: Introduction/Summary

From Wikipedia Noach:

Noach, Noiach, Nauach, Nauah, or Noah (נֹחַ, Hebrew for the name "Noah", the third word, and first distinctive word, of the parashah) is the second weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, 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.

The text is Genesis 6:9–11:32.

Noach: Text

English Language Translations

• Oremus.org (NRSV)
• Sefaria.org (JPS 1985)
• ReformJudaism.org: Translation from The Torah: A Modern Commentary
• NetBible.org (NETBible Translation)
• BlueLetterBible.org (NASB and other translations)

Hebrew Texts

• Academic-Bible.com (Biblica Hebraica Stuttgartensia)
• Chabad.org (Hebrew Interlinear Text with Roseburg English translation)
• BlueLetterBible.org (click on "tools" for each verse to access Hebrew interlinear and other basic language resources)

Commentaries

Historic Jewish Commentaries

• Rashi (1040-1105 CE)
• Sforno (cir. 1500-1550 CE)
• Other Commentaries (via Sefaria.org)

Modern Commentaries

• Interdenominational Jewish Perspectives
  • MyJewishLearning.com
• Reform Jewish Perspectives
  • ReformJudaism.org
  • Study Guide for The Torah: A Women’s Commentary
• Conservative Jewish Perspectives
  • JTSA.edu
• Orthodox Jewish Perspectives
  • Chabad.org
  • Torah.org
  • Aish.com
  • YUTorah.org
  • Yadavnow.com
  • Orthodox Union
• Reconstructionist Jewish Perspectives
  • Divrei Torah - Reconstructionist Jewish Commentary
• Non-Jewish Perspectives
  • Jamieson Fausset Brown (from BibleStudytools.com)
  • Geneva Study Bible (from BibleStudyTools.com)
  • Matthew Henry Commentary
  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Trivia

From Wikipedia Noach:

The parashah has the most verses of any weekly Torah portion in the Book of Genesis (but not the most letters or words). It is made up of 6,907 Hebrew letters, 1,861 Hebrew words, 153 verses, and 230 lines in a Torah Scroll (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah). In the Book of Genesis, Parashah Miketz has the most letters, Parashah Vayeira has the most words, and Parashah Vayishlach has an equal number of verses as Parashah Noach.

Jews traditionally read it on the second Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in October or early November.

Liturgical Resources

Jewish

Noach: Shabbat Dates (in the disaspora, as listed by Hebcal)

• 06 October 2018
• 26 October 2019
• 17 October 2020
• 02 October 2021
• 22 October 2022
• 14 October 2023
• 26 October 2024
• 18 October 2025
• 10 October 2026
• 30 October 2027
• 14 October 2028
• 06 October 2029
• 26 October 2030
• 11 October 2031

Other Jewish Liturgical Resources

• Hebcal.com - includes Aliyahs, Haftarah, etc.

Christian

Portions of the text of Noach are found in the following Christian liturgies:

• Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist and Revised Common Lectionary (more details courtesy of Textweek.com)