Parshas Noach

[Hilchos Shabbos]

"מזמור שיר ליום השבת, טוב להודות לד'..."

 "The soil is a wonderful combination of chemical compounds, mixtures, bacteria, microscopic fungi, insects, and animals, all working together and cooperating with the vegetation and the sun and rain and wind! Soil is not a dead chemical, for it teems with microorganisms which are a vital component of this precious material. One tablespoon of soil has a population of living organisms which exceed the human population of Greater New York. The Creator has sprinkled this miracle substance thinly over the face of the earth..."

 The Marvelous Wonders of Creation, by Rabbi Mordechai Menachem Reich ZT"L (Mordechai Menachem Mendel -en Dovid Aryeh), adapted from the works of Rabbi Avigdor Miller, ZT'''L