Parents' Volume · Parashat Noach (Bereishit 6:9–11:32)

What it is about. Two stories, one question. First the world is corrupted by violence and greed; at Hashem's command Noach builds a teivah and saves his family and the animals; the rainbow becomes the sign that the world will never be destroyed like this again. Then the people — one nation, one language — build a tower to make themselves a name and even to fight Hashem; the end is not a flood but confusion of tongues and dispersion. The question joining both stories: what does a person do with strength — preserve, or tear down?

What your child learns. Volume 1: the teivah, the animals, the rainbow — taking care, breaking nothing (bal tashchit). Volume 2: the tower and the confusion — listening to truth, even when unwelcome. Volume 3: Nimrod and the four groups — judgement: strong together, but never together against someone. The division comes from Rav Evers himself: his three original texts distribute the material exactly this way.