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Zohar: Genesis: Chapter LXXVII. The Object of Building the Tower of Babel

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Whilst sitting one day in the presence of Rabbi Simeon, this question was asked by Rabbi Isaac: "What impelled these Postdiluvians to be so foolish as to revolt against the Holy One, and how did they become actuated with the idea of building a tower whose top should reach unto heaven?" Said Rabbi Simeon: "We learn from tradition that by the words, 'and it came to pass as they journeyed from the east' (miquidem) scripture informs us that they quitted the highlands for the plains, the land of…

Zohar: Genesis: Chapter LXXVII. The Object of Building the Tower of Babel

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