I have been introduced to the more advanced part of religious Judaism, and my oh my. For a religious geek like me, that is a revelation.

Essentially the Talmud is a relic from the time when we were in diaspora in Babylon.

The ethical wisdom and deep ideas in that book is just beyond anything I have ever witnessed. Imagine having a dump of ethical ideas from a culture that is THE root of western civilization; Babylon. Just the name is so full of resonance, that we sit in awe.

What I think is important is to truly see this amazing piece of wisdom in its frame.

There are other written sources to the ideas of Babylon. Greek philosophy is, by and large, in terms of political thought (Plato) a written source to the ideas of Babylon and the other city states of the Middle East.

Yet the interchange between the political thought as well as the ethics is just beyond anything I have ever understood.

We hope that Ai will safe us. It will not the wisdom of our ancient tomes and the understanding on a more profound level, will save us.

Also some written sources from the vestiges of the library of Alexandria that is handed down to us in apocryphal from, gives us some more pieces to the puzzle of the wisdom of the Babylonians.

We talk about the tower of Babylon, the truth is that Babylon is THE source of ideas for human civilization. Having a major dump of ethical reflection from Babylon IS divine.

G-d bless the wisdom of hashem and Babylon.