Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Was Dor HaMabul's punishment really worse?
We learned that both nations, Dor HaMabul and Dor HaFlaga, sinned. They were both punished severly, but in different ways. When Dor HaMabul sinned, they sinned against Hashem. They were almost completely destroyed, leaving only one family. When Dor HaFlaga sinned, instead of destroying the world again, Hashem got them to do what He wanted in a different way. He changed the language so that no one could comunicate with each other. I think that in order to keep people reproducing, a few family's spoke the same language. This punishment is surprisingly similar to Dor HaMabul, but at the same time, entirely different. Dor HaFlaga could not really communicate with everyone else, so it was like no one else existed, they were alone, just like Noah's family. Even though they all survived, this is a pretty bad punishment. In my opinion, both punishments were bad, but Dor HaFlaga's punishment is a little worse. They have to live knowing that so many people are out there, but they can't communicate with any of them.
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I can see what you're saying, but on the other hand, knowing that you are completely alone might be even worse. Isn't it better to know that at least someone is there? Some things are universal. People can generally get most things across, even if they don't speak the same language. That's what hand motions and drawings are for. With Noach and his family though, they really didn't have anyone at all. Personally I think it would be worse to be in Noach's situation.
ReplyDeleteJust thinking about what I just wrote, are we saying that Noach was punished? Are we comparing him to Dor HaFlaga? Why is it fair that Noach had to be all alone when he didn't really do anything wrong?