Comments on: Noah not so righteous as Abraham http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/10/19/noah-not-so-righteous-as-abraham/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=noah-not-so-righteous-as-abraham There is a Jewish story everywhere Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Howard Rubenstein http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/10/19/noah-not-so-righteous-as-abraham/#comment-43240 Howard Rubenstein Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:30:25 +0000 http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=31907#comment-43240 Rabbi Rosenthal says” “Noah demonstrated his moral immaturity when he declined to protest God’s actions and refused to beg for mercy on behalf of his fellow creatures. . . . Avraham, however, refused to accept . . . injustice. When he saw something wrong, he protested, even when he believed that it was God Godself who was in need of reprimand. This is why Avraham, and not Noah, became the progenitor of the Jewish people: it was because of the moral life he led and the righteous indignation he displayed in the face of injustice.”

How does Rabbi Rosenthal explain Abraham’s silence before God when it came to the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham’s own son?

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