146 Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32), Source Book Keys, MORINIS GENESIS | 11:4 scattered — GEN754 Consider the consequences of disorder, and... GEN754 Consider the consequences of disorder, and you will be strengthened in choosing order in our life. … The tower builders’ efforts to reach out to touch heaven were sinful because they transgressed the limits and constraints that are lead into the deep structure of the universe. … Since they flaunted order, their punishment was to suffer disorder, as presented by their inability to communicate with one another. Failure to honor the need for order brings on chaos. This cautionary tale applies to our lives, too. How much time, energy, emotion, and life is diverted into the channels that spring from disorder? .. Without order, you are bound to be wasting something -- - whether time, resources, things themselves that get lost, relationships, and so on. Not wasting is a Jewish ethical principle. [Rabbi Jonathan Sacks made the link of Babel to disorder in his book To Heal a Fractured World (London and New York: Continuum, 2005) 142-43] MORINIS 91-2 Share Print Source KeyMORINISVerse11:4Keyword(s)scatteredSource Page(s)(See end of excerpt) Switch article GENESIS | 11:4 ourselves — GEN753 [T]he Maharal echoes the words of R. Yosef... Previous Article GENESIS | 11:4 scattered — GEN755 We must try to spread Torah study and obse... Next Article