Guarding our children is ever more important as we get closer to Moshiach * Noach survived in a protected place that floated above the mabul without being affected by it * Our homes and yeshivas must have protective qualities like Noach’s teivah * Embracing our spouses and children physically and emotionally * Shabbos is the sanctuary from the floods of the six days of the week * The holiness of the time of Shabbos candle lighting * Children’s images of their parents