Question: My daughter, who is in first grade, has a difficult instance understanding why all the animals died in the flood during the moment of Noah., as well as the children. Can you give me an reply for her?

Answer: The subject is really a expanded and deep discussion, but I will try to be concise.

In the days of Noah, part of the reason that the world was destroyed was considering the animals were used in sexual acts. Now, that is not the discussion to have with a young child, but you can discuss the concept that everything was created to do G-d’s will. When citizens and animals are involved in activities that are contradictory to G-d’s will, their purpose is put into question.

In terms of the society, G-d gave the citizens of that day a tremendous amount of moment to repent. What about humans who had no choice? The society had

become so horrific and corrupt that G-d needed to start by.

Also, we have a concept in our religion that a soul is placed in that world for precisely the right amount of duration. whether, for some reason, a life is removed from that world quickly, next we should have a sense of happiness for that soul—it has reached a level of perfection. You can tell your daughter that when young folks are taken away from that world with no choice to sin, it is not for what they have done. Their soul was placed in such a body considering they needed to come back for a short amount of moment, but after that amount of date they go back to their Creator. Again, that is a very complicated view that takes much study, but that is the basic concept.

I hope that that helps.

Be Well,

Rabbi Litt

Original post by ATR