Thoughts that Count for Our Parsha

And take to you of all food that is eaten...and it shall be for food for you, and for them (Gen. 6:21)

When a righteous person consumes food, the food fulfills its purpose in creation, becomes spiritually elevated, and "justifies" its existence. G-d therefore told Noah, "It shall be food for you, and for them [i.e., spiritual sustenance for the various foods themselves]." (Tiferet Shlomo)

Reprinted from the Parshat Noah 5761/2000 edition of L’Chaim.