“These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man. He was complete in his generations. Noah walked with God.”

RASHI interprets, to teach you that the generations of the righteous are primarily good deeds. RASHI explains why he says, “These are the generations of Noah.” It should have said the names of his sons, meaning Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And why does it say, “These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man?” He explains that it is because the generations of the righteous are primarily good deeds (Rabash, “These Are the Generations of Noah”).

What is meant by a lineage or offspring? First of all, Noah was a “righteous man, complete in his generations” on his degree, and he “walked with God,” meaning with the qualities of the Creator, the qualities of Bina “Complete,” “righteous,” and “God” all refer to Bina.

“Noah” signifies a vessel of bestowal, a stage of preparation, whereas “Abraham” represents one who already works with the vessels of reception. First, we acquire vessels of bestowal, the qualities of the Creator, and then, by means of those qualities, we correct the qualities of the created being. Such is the process.

In order to bring creation to this state, it was necessary to mix the vessels of reception with the vessels of bestowal. The Creator had to enter the creation, become embedded within it, and shatter it.

The created being, from a state of feeling complete, strong, intelligent, capable of achieving things, and controlling life, must come to feel like a shattered vessel, with everything mixed together. In every action and every thought, he feels torn between two opposing parts struggling within him, one prevailing and then the other.

When a person reaches such a state, he no longer feels strong or righteous. On the contrary, he begins to feel that he can start the work of correction precisely from this mixture of vessels of reception and vessels of bestowal.

As he accumulates experience, he sees that he is nothing but a vessel of reception and possesses no power of his own. Only if vessels of bestowal come from above will he receive the help and support needed to do something with his nature.

Then he sees that there is no connection between himself and the desire to bestow, no connection with the forces of the Creator. In this way, he arrives at a state in which he begins to hate his own vessels and to love that which is above him, above the Machsom.

This continues until the feeling becomes so intense that he truly cannot exist without receiving the qualities of bestowal in place of his own qualities. Then he is given strength from above to make a Tzimtzum (restriction) on his own qualities and begin acquiring the qualities of bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/1/26, Rabash, “These Are the Generations of Noah”

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