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1. 1. MyJewishLearning.com - Daily Life: Contemporary Views of Mitzvot

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   But many rabbis would probably concur with their colleague Shmuel Boteach, director of the L'chaim Society of Oxford University, who recently wrote:

2. 2. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

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   Rabbi Shmuley Boteach - Sunday, 2 November, 1997
   
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   Oxford University L'Chaim Weekly Essay Society, 3 November 1997, by Rabbi Shmuel Boteach
   
   The first Jew was Abraham, but Noah would initially appear to have been a more likely candidate. After all, Noah preceded Abraham and he was chosen from the entire human race to be saved while all others perished. The Bible attests to the fact that Noah?s redemption came about because he was a tzadik, a righteous man. But the Rabbis of the Talmud were very critical of Noah, and notwithstanding the Bible?s praise of him, the negative view would seem to be corroborated by the simple fact that the world had to wait another ten generations for Abraham to come along and be found worthy enough to sire a nation who will be given the G-dly mission of disseminating ethical monotheism. Why was Noah deemed unworthy to be the first Jew? Why is he the father of humanity, but not of the Jewish nation?
   
   In actual fact, the discrepancy between Noah and Abraham could not have been greater. When the Almighty informs Noah that He intends to destroy the earth?s inhabitants because they have ?corrupted their ways on the earth,? an amazing thing happens. There is no objection. Noah bows his head in submission and resigns himself to the fact that all the earth?s inhabitants are doomed. He watches humanity drown all the while maintaining a stoic silence. He feels fortunate that he alone is to be saved, and he begins to construct his ark. Similarly, upon disembarking from the ark, Noah?s first action is to plant a vineyard from which he is later intoxicated.
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3. 3. Jason Aronson, Inc. Jewish Books

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   Published on: 11/11/2002   Last Visited: 11/11/2002

   By: Shmuel Boteach
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   Rabbi Shmuel Boteach addresses the fundamental Jewish question of reward and suffering in this enlightening and riveting new volume.
   
   How can one maintain unwavering faith in a benevolent God in light of events such as the Holocaust and the ever-present threat of incurable disease? Didn't God ensure Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob a good and bountiful life for their offspring? Of what use is the Creator of man, Who, having called him into existence, subsequently decides to abandon him to fate and the elements? This book sheds light on the collective suffering of nations in general and on that of the solitary human being in particular.
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   Rabbi Shmuel Boteach is rabbi to the students of Oxford University and the director of the Oxford University L'Chaim Society. Under his directorship the L'Chaim Society has become the second largest organization at Oxford, with over 2,000 Jewish and non-Jewish members. He has brought Mikhail Gorbachev, Elie Wiesel, Bob Hawke, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Yitzhak Rabin, Yitzhak Shamir, Christiaan Barnard, and Simon Wiesenthal, to name a few, to speak at Oxford, as well as sending his weekly essays on Jewish life and moral issues to thousands of people in twenty-eight different countries through electronic mail. He is also the author of several books, including Dreams, The Wolf Shall Lie with the Lamb, and Moses of Oxford. Rabbi Boteach, an American, lives in Oxford, England, with his Australian wife, Debbie, and their four young children.
   
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