Planting a vineyard

Hi,

And Noach, man of the earth, began and planted a vineyard.

וַיָּחֶל נֹחַ אִישׁ הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּטַּע כָּרֶם:

(Bereishit 9:20)

He made himself mundane, for he should have involved himself in another kind of planting first. 

עשה עצמו חולין, שהיה לו לעסוק תחלה בנטיעה אחרת:

 (Rashi to Bereishit 9:20)

Have a great day,

Mordechai

Jews and Grapes

Hi,

"When the Jews stood on Har Sinai they were compared to grapes. Grapes are pretty outside and ugly inside, so Israel – when they stood on Har Sinai and answered, ‘We will do and we will hear,’ that was with their mouths. Their hearts were not aligned… Grapes contain food and drink, so Israel contains people of Torah and people of deeds."

(Midrash Tanchuma Lech Lecha 21)

Have a great day,
Mordechai