Noach 9:20 · unit 2

TT #58 · Parashas Noach · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 9:20

The Complete Passuk

וַיָּ֥חֶל נֹ֖חַ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וַיִּטַּ֖ע כָּֽרֶם׃

Noach, the man of the soil, began and planted a vineyard.

Chabad.org — 9:20

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to the rebuke that Noach should have learned from Adam (Sanhedrin 70a).

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 70a

E-Daf image — Sanhedrin 70a (size=3)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אִישׁ הָאֲדָמָה — מַאי אִישׁ הָאֲדָמָה? אָמַר לֵיהּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְנֹחַ: נֹחַ, לֹא הָיָה לוֹ לִלְמֹד מֵאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁלֹּא גָּרַם לוֹ אֶלָּא יַיִן.

English: “Man of the soil” — What is “man of the soil”? The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Noach: “Noach, should you not have learned from Adam the first, whom only wine caused [to fall]?”

Type of Learning

Custom (rebuke that Noach failed to learn from Adam’s experience with the vine).

What Is Learned

Noach is faulted for not taking warning from Adam, whose downfall was likewise connected with wine (the tree of knowledge as a vine, per one view).