Individual and Collective Responsibility

What is the link between the stories of the Flood and the Tower of Babel? Through an understanding of the balance between personal and societal responsibility we can understand Parshat Noach in a whole new light, and appreciate Avraham’s unique role in creating a new form of social order that would give equal honor to the individual and the collective. 

This article is part of the Covenant & Conversation series.

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