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“And he named him Noah, saying: ‘this one will relieve (<\/span>yenahamenu<\/span><\/em>) us\u2026 from the toil of our hands out of the very soil which the Lord placed under a curse'” (5:29).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Resh Lakish (a 3<\/span>rd<\/span> century rabbi) said: The name does not correspond to its interpretation\u2026” (Midrash Bereishit Rabbah 25).<\/span><\/p>\n

Yenahamenu<\/span><\/em> resembles ‘Noah’, but they aren’t identical. ‘Noah’ means comfortable\/rest; ‘<\/span>yenahamenu<\/span><\/em>‘<\/em> means ‘to comfort’, or relieve.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resh Lakish answers: “Before Noah arose, the waters used to ascend and inundate\u2026 [the dead] in their graves, But when Noah arose, they had rest\u2026”<\/span><\/p>\n

The midrash resolves the discrepancy by transmitting a tradition about underground water that used to ascend and flood graves for many years, until Noah was born. Noah, therefore, indeed provided <\/span>rest<\/span><\/em> in correspondence with the precise interpretation of his name, by preventing water from flooding graves. But by saying this, the midrash also ironically highlights Noah’s failure to prevent the flood that destroys life.<\/span><\/p>\n

I suspect that even more significantly than resolving the question that it raised, the midrash insinuates that Noah’s name, and it’s incongruity with his father’s expectations, foreshadow his later choices. Noah chooses spiritual comfort. He is righteous, but keeps his distance from evil society, where the righteous cannot feel <\/span>comfortable<\/span><\/em>. It’s easier for him to come to the aid of the dead, who don’t pose a spiritual threat. One cannot, however, bring substantial relief to the world without leaving one’s <\/span>comfort<\/span><\/em> zone<\/em> and coming in contact with the evil in it that is very much alive.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":71074,"id":71074,"title":"jer27-comfort-zone","filename":"jer27-comfort-zone.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer27-comfort-zone.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/confirmation-bias-telling-us-what-we-want-to-believe\/jer27-comfort-zone\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer27-comfort-zone","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":71073,"date":"2020-03-01 10:49:25","modified":"2022-02-09 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