Noah, Destruction, and Rebirth: How Can We Mindfully Rebuild? This week’s Torah portion is chilling, all the more so light of the war that has been waged upon us: And it says: ותשחת הארץ לפני אלוקים ותמלא הארץ חמס “ And the earth was corrupt and the earth was filled with violence ( חמס ). “ Just a paragraph earlier we learn that the world was being populated and the men were taking women by force. There was evil all around. G-d considered whether to destroy the world that H