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On 14.4.2022 a query to Ask A Rabbi Chabbad

Date 04/14/2022 
Incident ID. 5612136
Drawing Lessons from the Torah?
Question: Can a devout Jewish person draw life lessons from the Torah?
Examples:
1) Noah and the Flood..
Lesson from the flood (Gentile enemies) of Israel are trying to destroy the Jewish nation [Noah & his family]. Yet because he listened to the L-D..Noah and his family were saved...because the Ark [Torah the Talmud the Oral Law] rested on mountain [the Land of Israel] the Dove signafices the L-D's presence.
2] Samson and Deleliah
As long as Samson [Israel] was not just consecrated to the L-D but also trusted in the L-d he could not be defeated...but when he fell away from the L-D because of Deleliah [gentile non jewish way of life] he was captured and blinded..yet only when he again turned to the L-D he could defeat Israel's enemies...

Are these lessons within the framework of Torah teaching. Please correct me if I'm mistaken

P.S. Comment on Russian-Ukraine war...so far 10,000 to 12,000 Jews have gone up to Israel...at this rate of 2 months and 2-3 years all 200,000 Jews from Ukraine will have gone up to Israel...provided they take up the Lesson to go up to Israel...and not make the Ukraine a "Jewish Country"..May all Jews go up to Israel..


on 20 April 2022 received an answer:
"B"H

Hi

Thank you for your question.
Yes, we are certainly allowed and encouraged to learn life lessons from the stories of the Torah.
However one must be careful while doing do. Great Torah scholars  have a broad enough vision to see the proper lessons from a story. But those of us  who are less knowledgeable should do so with great caution. One can easily take an inappropriate message that is not in keeping with the Torah's intention.

If you have any further questions, please let us know.

All the best
Rabbi Shlomie Deren


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