Remember the Flood and the Tower - Lessons of History

Sifrei Devarim 310:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

(Devarim 32:7) "Remember the days of yore": Remember what I did with the first generations: what I did with the men of the generation of the flood; what I did with the men of the generation of hapalagah (the tower of Bavel); what I did with the men of the generation of Sodom and Amorah.

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