בס"ד
Long ago, many people lived on earth.
G-d wanted people to fill the whole earth. He wanted them to build homes, start families, and make the world a good place.
But one day, the people had a different plan.
“Let’s all stay in one place!” they said. “Let’s build a big city and a very tall tower. Then everyone will know our name!”
The people worked together. They built a city and a tall tower.
But they did not want to spread across the earth. They all wanted to stay together in one place. They wanted to follow their own plan instead of G-d’s plan.
G-d wanted people to live in many places. He wanted them to care for the whole world, not just one city.
So G-d changed their languages. Suddenly, they could not understand each other. They could no longer work together as before.
The people went to live in different places around the world.
G-d showed them that true unity is not just about staying together. It is about doing what is right.
A Story From Your Life
Imagine you are playing with your friends.
You all want to build a big house with blocks. One child says, “We must all stay here! We must never play anywhere else. We will only build in this one spot!”
But there are other children who need help building, too. There are other places where people can make nice homes.
You could say, “Let’s build here today. Tomorrow, we can help other children build somewhere else!”
Now everyone can help. More children can have a nice place to play. Together, you can make more places beautiful.
That is a better way to work together!
G-d wants us to help each other. He wants us to be kind and fair. He wants us to care for people and animals. He wants us to help make the whole world a good place.
The Seven Noahide Laws teach all people how to live in a good way.
You can do this every day. You can share your toys. You can help someone who is sad. You can tell the truth. You can be gentle with animals.
Even small good deeds can help make the world better.
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True unity is not about everyone staying in one place. It is about working together to do what is right. G-d wants us to help one another and make the whole world a better place.
Door Rabbi Moshe Bernstein en Angelique Sijbolts
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The Purpose of Creation and Settling the World: Isaiah 45:18 (“He did not create it to be a waste; He formed it to be inhabited”); Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:1.
The Sin of the Generation of the Dispersion and the Scattering: Genesis Chapter 11, verses 1–9; Commentary of Sforno ad loc.
Discourse of the Lubavitcher Rebbe: Torat Menachem – Farbrengens, Shabbat Parshat Lech Lecha, 5746 (Part 1, pp. 515 ff.).
A Dwelling Place in the Lower Realms and the Seven Noahide Laws: Midrash Tanchuma, Parshat Nasso, Section 16; Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings, Chapter 8, Law 11.
Murder of a fetus: Sanhedrin 57b.ess, and strengthen our observance of the Seven Noahide Laws in the coming New Year.
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