Noach; How Do We Measure Up?

In this past week's Parsha, the character of Noach is introduced with quite the glorious entrance! He is called "a righteous man among his generation" and is given a lengthy introduction in comparison to other characters in the Torah. Abraham, who is introduced in this week's parsha, Lech Lecha, is not given any special adjectives or attributes. He is literally told "lech lecha, go!" We call G-d, "G-d of Abraham", not "G-d of Noach". What happens to Noach that he does not reach the level of Abraham? Rashi adds to this question by saying that if another way to understand the description "a righteous man among his generation" is that if he was in another generation, he would not be considered righteous.

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Rebbetzin Jungreis is known for saying that everything in life is a test. What was Noach's test? The true test came after the flood. After we have experienced trouble is when we are truly tested. It is easier to approach G-d in times of despair, but what about when everything is good and back to normal? Noach's first act after he left the ark was to plant a vineyard and get drunk. We need to learn form Noach, who had the potential to be incredible, to stay close to G-d even after all the turmoil has passed.