This class presented to women on Noach 2012/5773 explores the timing of the flood. Noah’s Flood commenced on the 17th of Cheshvan in the year 1656 from creation, and ended on Cheshvan 27 of the following year. The biblical commentaries explain that the Flood lasted exactly one year, and that the 11-day discrepancy in the dates represents the 11-day difference between the solar and lunar years. But why was it important to have a full solar year? Because it is the harmony between the “sun” and the “moon” in the human psyche that is the key to healing and rebirth, to eliminate the causes of the flood.