son. And at the death of Methuselah, Noah took them and brought them to the ark, and they were with him until he went out of the ark. And in their going out, Ham stole those gar ments from Noah, his father, and he took them and hid them from his brothers. Book of Jasher 7:24-27
N oah, after preparing the ground, planted the cuttings from the roots of his best antediluvian vines. An excellent husbandman before the flood, he was determined to be so again. He prayed for two things continually, to have another son, and an abundant grape harvest. As the Sheviit (seventh anniversary) of the flood drew near, the petitions of Noah were granted. As he began the preparation to reap a bumper grape harvest, his wife informed him they would have another child.
In a state of ecstasy, Noah laid out the plans for the first high-holy days following the flood. Setting things into order, he gathered the grapes, bottled the wine, and appointed the time of celebration by forecasting when the festival would start. It would be on the seventeenth day of the second month after the reckoning of the autumn equinox.
As the time of celebration drew near, Noah searched his flocks until he found four unblemished lambs. He, as Melek would also perform the official duties as priest. Once he knew all preparations were ready, Noah climbed the mountain behind his home, and standing on the highest ledge, lifted the ram’s horn to his lips and blew. The shofar’s blast announced the celebration had commenced.
Japheth, Shem, and Ham with their respective families assembled at the appointed place . An olive tree grove in the valley below the altar of sacrifice. Noah had built an altar on the highest peak of the mountain where his family lived. Sacrifices would be placed upon the altar the last day of celebration. The sacrifices would serve as the yearly sin and blood offerings.
After the sacrifices and the Malakhim had come and gone, each family would return to their respective home thus ending the fall feast days. Japheth and his wife had five sons, they too were about to have another child. Shem and his wife had two sons and two daughters, Ham and his wife, four sons and a daughter, with another child on the way. It was a beautiful mid-autumn day, each man hurriedly assembled tents and temporary shelters as their wives began the food preparation.
T he rules demanded the completion of chores before sunset and as twilight fell, the vast table was ready. Noah’s new wine was poured and the merriment began. The family built new memories as they laughed and made fun of each other’s antics. The men dramatized the hardship of rebuilding after the flood, the each story becoming more elaborate and each tale more outlandish than the preceding one. The riotous laughter grew and reached a crescendo, compelling the young children to stop their games and beg to listen to the anecdotes of their parents.
After the exaggerations slowed and the food no longer held its appeal, Noah’s grandchildren requested a journey into the past. Forming a circle around him, the youngest two skirmished for his lap. Noah recounted how he came to possess the animal skins of Adam.
Noah, the tenth firstborn son from Adam had not personally known the father of humanity, but his father and grand father had. Many times, he had heard his grandfather, Methuselah tell and retell of the days when Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden.
“Eve partook of the forbidden tree first, but she was deceived,” Noah shifted his youngest grandson to the ground ; the child pulled his beard and made it difficult to focus on his next thought. “She believed the fruit of the tree would make her wise. That was because she didn’t understand the source of wisdom is relationship with El Elyon. Adam fell into the trap laid by the King of Darkness when he too chose to disobey El Elyon’s warning about not eating the fruit. And that was how the curse came about, and it continues even now, imposing
N oah, after preparing the ground, planted the cuttings from the roots of his best antediluvian vines. An excellent husbandman before the flood, he was determined to be so again. He prayed for two things continually, to have another son, and an abundant grape harvest. As the Sheviit (seventh anniversary) of the flood drew near, the petitions of Noah were granted. As he began the preparation to reap a bumper grape harvest, his wife informed him they would have another child.
In a state of ecstasy, Noah laid out the plans for the first high-holy days following the flood. Setting things into order, he gathered the grapes, bottled the wine, and appointed the time of celebration by forecasting when the festival would start. It would be on the seventeenth day of the second month after the reckoning of the autumn equinox.
As the time of celebration drew near, Noah searched his flocks until he found four unblemished lambs. He, as Melek would also perform the official duties as priest. Once he knew all preparations were ready, Noah climbed the mountain behind his home, and standing on the highest ledge, lifted the ram’s horn to his lips and blew. The shofar’s blast announced the celebration had commenced.
Japheth, Shem, and Ham with their respective families assembled at the appointed place . An olive tree grove in the valley below the altar of sacrifice. Noah had built an altar on the highest peak of the mountain where his family lived. Sacrifices would be placed upon the altar the last day of celebration. The sacrifices would serve as the yearly sin and blood offerings.
After the sacrifices and the Malakhim had come and gone, each family would return to their respective home thus ending the fall feast days. Japheth and his wife had five sons, they too were about to have another child. Shem and his wife had two sons and two daughters, Ham and his wife, four sons and a daughter, with another child on the way. It was a beautiful mid-autumn day, each man hurriedly assembled tents and temporary shelters as their wives began the food preparation.
T he rules demanded the completion of chores before sunset and as twilight fell, the vast table was ready. Noah’s new wine was poured and the merriment began. The family built new memories as they laughed and made fun of each other’s antics. The men dramatized the hardship of rebuilding after the flood, the each story becoming more elaborate and each tale more outlandish than the preceding one. The riotous laughter grew and reached a crescendo, compelling the young children to stop their games and beg to listen to the anecdotes of their parents.
After the exaggerations slowed and the food no longer held its appeal, Noah’s grandchildren requested a journey into the past. Forming a circle around him, the youngest two skirmished for his lap. Noah recounted how he came to possess the animal skins of Adam.
Noah, the tenth firstborn son from Adam had not personally known the father of humanity, but his father and grand father had. Many times, he had heard his grandfather, Methuselah tell and retell of the days when Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden.
“Eve partook of the forbidden tree first, but she was deceived,” Noah shifted his youngest grandson to the ground ; the child pulled his beard and made it difficult to focus on his next thought. “She believed the fruit of the tree would make her wise. That was because she didn’t understand the source of wisdom is relationship with El Elyon. Adam fell into the trap laid by the King of Darkness when he too chose to disobey El Elyon’s warning about not eating the fruit. And that was how the curse came about, and it continues even now, imposing
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