Why Noah was drunk-part 1,2

After the flood that made a restart to the world of The Lord, Noah and his sons had the opportunity to eat meat and the vegetarian world got lost. When we speak about meat a lot of time we are thinking of a restaurant, 2 glasses of wine, a romantic mood, which comes along with the lovely steak that we are eating.

The first carnivore was also the first drunk in our world as written in Genesis 9:20-21
" וַיָּחֶל נֹחַ, אִישׁ הָאֲדָמָה; וַיִּטַּע, כָּרֶם. וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן-הַיַּיִן, וַיִּשְׁכָּר; וַיִּתְגַּל, בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹה.

"And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard. And he drank of the wine, and was drunk; and he was uncovered within his tent"

There is no explanation in the bible why Noah decided to be the first drunk. Psychologically maybe the curiosity was there, like it was in the Garden of Eden, the point that caused Noah to become the first. The other thing that is understandable is that the man of the ground, the farmer, needs to taste his produce in order to see if it's alright. The first experience with the wine wasn't so good for Noah and the continuation of the story is even more awful - his son or his grandson are doing a sexual thing in the tent- but this is for another time to be discuss.

Whenever there is a difficulty in The Scriptures, especially a moral one, the Satan will become involve in the Jewish interpretation. Next time we will see what the Satan did in Noah's vineyard!

Main phrases of the post + transcription + translation

Hebrew   Transcription Translation
כֶּרֶם          Kerem         Vineyard
מוּסָרִי        mûsārî         Moral
יְבוּל           yebûl          Produce
אִכָּר            'ikkār          Farmer
אוֹכְלֵי בָּשָׂר    'ôklê bāśār  Carnivore
אֻמְצָה          'umtsāh       Steak

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The story of the Midrash tells us that when Noah started to plant the vineyard the Satan came to him and said: what are you plant?
Noah said: I am planting a vineyard.
The Satan asked: what's good in the vineyard?
Noah said: his fruits are sweet, whether it's dry whether it's humid. From the fruit you can make wine that does make the hearts happy.
The Satan asked him to plant the vineyard together and Noah agreed.
Then the Satan brought 4 animals which represent to Noah and us the situation of them man when he drinks. The four animals were the ewe, the lion, the monkey and the pig- all of them were slaughtered and from the blood of them the Satan watered the vineyard.
When a man drinks one glass he becomes like the ewe, humble and modest.

When a man drinks two glasses he becomes like the lion - he thinks he's the hero!
When a man drinks three glasses he becomes like the monkey- dancing and cursing with his mouth.

When a man becomes a drunken one - he is like a pig- dirty and with a lot of mud!

This's happen to Noah the righteous- he was like a pig!

Main phrases of the post + transcription + translation

Hebrew  Transcription  Translation
שִׁכּוֹר       šikkôr            Drunk
מַבּוּל        mabbûl          Flood
בָּשָׂר         bāśār            Meat
יַיִן            Yayin            Wine
נָטַע          Nāta'            Planted
לַח            La'              Humid
מְלֻכְלָךְ       meluklāk      Dirty

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