{"id":36103,"date":"2018-07-29T00:46:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T21:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=36103"},"modified":"2022-02-19T22:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T20:47:28","slug":"out-of-one-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/out-of-one-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of One, Many"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[424],"acf":{"old_id":"36103","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":36104,"related_cahpter":"11","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Building bridges, not towers","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America\u2026\u201d I can remember reciting these words often as a child, my hand dutifully resting upon my heart as I began each new day of school. Some mornings, it felt like an obligation, words to mumble groggily as I fought the sleepiness tugging at my eyelids. Other days, I recited those words with pride \u2013\u00a0as a first generation American with two immigrant parents, I was grateful to be growing up in the United States. The U.S., then known as the great \u201cMelting Pot,\u201d was the land of unity, exemplified by its official motto: \u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E pluribus unum<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d out of many, one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Genesis 11:4, the people conspire to build \u201c&#8230;a tower with its top in the sky, to make a name for [themselves]&#8230;\u201d They had become too focused on themselves, lacking humility. They were so intent on building up, on constructing the best and highest tower, that they failed to notice when their egos ballooned up alongside it. Similarly, we, too, are experiencing this sort of moment in American society. We are so focused on building walls rather than bridges, that we fail to treat our neighbors with compassion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two verses later, God responds: \u201c\u2018If, as one people with one language for all, this is how they have begun to act, then nothing that they may propose to do will be out of their reach\u2019\u201d (Gen. 11:6). So God scatters the people and confuses their speech, dividing the one common language into 70 different tongues \u2013 \u201c<em>ex uno, plures<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d out of one, many. 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