Discover the deeper drive motivating construction of the Tower of Babel, where the invention of fired bricks seems to be "a technology in search of a solution” (as they say in the venture capital biz).
What is more pleasing? Things in their natural state, or things that have been worked on by Man?
In the process of developing the raw materials of the world, we develop ourselves, too. Thinking humans have a tremendous ability to act upon the world and upon our selves.
Rain reminds us that for all our hard work (or rather, “sweat equity”), there is always an element we cannot control… We start to understand why rain is so key a theme in tuning in to God’s absolute power.
Geshem
133: Atta Gibor: Yom HaGeshamim and Techias HaMeisim
in Shmone Esrei