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    Torah in Haiku: Noach
    October 23, 2009
    Torah (2 comments)

    by Ed Nickow
    Temple Chai, Long Grove, IL
    (Originally published in The Torah in Haiku)

    The Tower of Babel
    It was an affront to G-d
    Mankind was scattered

    G-d confused their speech
    Communication was hard
    Was paradise lost?

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    Comments

    Larry Kaufman said:

    No Babel? Boring!

    The world is richer, being

    Multi-cultural.
    October 23, 2009 5:33 PM
    Ed Nickow said:

    Bible paradise
    Lacking in much of what makes
    Our lives int'resting

    The French have a phrase
    To describe Larry's viewpoint:
    "Vive la difference"
    October 26, 2009 10:28 AM

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