A Soulful Journey

When we  read  the story of the Tower of Babel we consider the idea of unity versus independence.  There is one great lesson in working in a unified fashion.  " United we stand, divided we fall,”  said Abraham Lincoln. American statesman Benjamin Franklin put it, “ We must, indeed, all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”  

When God confused the speech of the builders of the Tower of Babel, He said, ‘In this world, by reason of the evil inclination, my creatures are at variance; they are divided into seventy tongues. But in the world to come they will all be equal.  All with one accord will call upon my name and serve me, as it says, “For then will I restore to the nations one pure tongue that they may call, all of them, upon the name of the Lord and serve Him unanimously."    - Tanhuma, Noah May the day  come  when we serve God by treating Him with reverence and one another with respect.