More on Noach: Embracing the Opportunities of Take Two

 Failures can bebruising and hurtful, and seemingly endlesslydebilitating. But there is a more redeeming perspective, in which setbackserveas the catalyst for a new start, a fresh opportunity to reach greaterachievementthan was even fathomable before. This is the belief of people of courage,peopleof grit and resilience who always win in the end. No lessthen Hashem Himselfsees the deluge and carnage of the mabul as a promising reset, enablingmankindnot only to rectify the sins of that generation, but to fulfill the mandatewhich eluded Adom and Chava from day one. This will come to light from a breathtakingsymmetrical pattern in our parsha, linking each of its narratives with a corollaryin Parshas Bereishis as a dramatic take two.