Good morning and welcome back to the daily study. We are looking inside at the second reading of the weekly Torah portion of Noah Genesis 7 verses 1 to 16 God told Noah to build an ark in order that he his family and our presentives of all forms of animal life survived the flood By yoga has shamblin o'erh, bow el ate bev agomare and God said to Noah come into the ark Metaphorically our personal arcs are our periods of Torah study and prayer Just as Noah and his family were protected by the ark from the flood that raged outside it We can enter the worlds of Torah study and prayer in order to be protected from the flood of worldly concerns That threatens to inundate us to overwhelm us. It's particularly helpful to immerse ourselves in prayer first Specifically in the morning when we confront the world anew each morning Everything in it can seem to exist self-sufficiently and we may not even see God we wake up We look out our window. We see the trees.
We see the sky. We see the sun. We just think it's there and it always was there but prayer and specifically the morning prayer helps us recognize that the world cannot exist on its own and that its purpose is to be made into God's natural home and beginning our day this way helps us to consciously avoid activities that do not further the school Taking care instead to use every moment as an opportunity to fulfill it Thus prepared we can engage in worldly pursuits without fear that they will turn into raging waters that overwhelm us with anxiety stress and distractions And that was it for today's day to study So God is basically telling Noah and the verse common to the ark Metaphorically speaking the ark is our place of personal prayer and Torah study