La pregunta más antigua de la humanidad no fue: ¿dónde está Dios? Sino: ¿Dónde está tu hermano? Dios se la hizo a Caín aun sabiendo la respuesta, porque quiso darle la oportunidad de sanar su propia fractura y reconstruir su propia fragmentación. Los sabios de la Mishná vieron en esa pregunta la razón fundamental de la existencia del hombre: "Quien destruye una sola vida destruye un mundo entero. Y quien salva una sola vida salva un mundo entero." Cada persona es un universo. El hambre en la mesa de al lado. El que pide ayuda y no encuentra a quien le tienda una mano. El vecino a quien ya nadie saluda. Todos somos mundos completos, universos que llevamos a cuestas nuestro cielo y nuestro dolor. Nadie te pide que salves el mundo. Se trata de algo más sencillo pero a la vez más difícil, pero no imposible: "no pierdas de vista a tu hermano". Si quieres salvar el mundo, salva primero a tu hermano.
The oldest question of humanity was not: where is God? But: Where is your brother? God did it to Cain even knowing the answer, because he wanted to give him the opportunity to heal his own fracture and rebuild his own fragmentation. The sages of the Mishnah saw in this question the fundamental reason for the existence of man: "Whoever destroys a single life destroys an entire world. And he who saves a single life saves an entire world." Each person is a universe. Hunger at the next table. The one who asks for help and can't find someone to lend him a hand. The neighbor whom no one greets anymore. We are all complete worlds, universes that carry our heaven and our pain with us. Nobody asks you to save the world. It is something simpler but at the same time more difficult, but not impossible: "don't lose sight of your brother." If you want to save the world, save your brother first.
The oldest question of humanity was not: where is God? But: Where is your brother? God did it to Cain even knowing the answer, because he wanted to give him the opportunity to heal his own fracture and rebuild his own fragmentation. The sages of the Mishnah saw in this question the fundamental reason for the existence of man: "Whoever destroys a single life destroys an entire world. And he who saves a single life saves an entire world." Each person is a universe. Hunger at the next table. The one who asks for help and can't find someone to lend him a hand. The neighbor whom no one greets anymore. We are all complete worlds, universes that carry our heaven and our pain with us. Nobody asks you to save the world. It is something simpler but at the same time more difficult, but not impossible: "don't lose sight of your brother." If you want to save the world, save your brother first.