Hi,
"[Evil] Speech can be worse than [evil] deeds, for we find that the verdict upon the wilderness generation was sealed only for their harmful speech, as it is written, 'They tested Me ten times, and did not heed My voice [and yet they were punished specifically for the sin with the Spies].'"
(Mishnah Arachin 3:5)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Showing posts with label Meraglim [The Spies]. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meraglim [The Spies]. Show all posts
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Moshe selects the spies
Hi,
Two alternative explanations for why Gd said to Moshe (Bamidbar 13:2), "Send agents for yourself" -
"Alternatively: Send agents for yourself, specifically, meaning that you will look at them with Divine inspiration to judge whether they are good for this mission. Most people err in assessing flatterers who display themselves as kosher and wear a coat of hair in order to deceive...
"Alternatively: Agents for yourself - they appear to you as important people because you look with eyes of flesh to see only that which is visible, as it is. At that time they were kosher. But in My eyes they are not kosher, for I see on two levels, present and future, and I see that they will participate in evil counsel."
(Kli Yakar to Bamidbar 13:2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Two alternative explanations for why Gd said to Moshe (Bamidbar 13:2), "Send agents for yourself" -
"Alternatively: Send agents for yourself, specifically, meaning that you will look at them with Divine inspiration to judge whether they are good for this mission. Most people err in assessing flatterers who display themselves as kosher and wear a coat of hair in order to deceive...
"Alternatively: Agents for yourself - they appear to you as important people because you look with eyes of flesh to see only that which is visible, as it is. At that time they were kosher. But in My eyes they are not kosher, for I see on two levels, present and future, and I see that they will participate in evil counsel."
(Kli Yakar to Bamidbar 13:2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Women's love of Israel
Hi,
"Alternatively, this is why the Torah specified that the Spies [who rejected the land of Israel] were men: The sages said that the men hated the land of Israel, and they said, ‘Let us set our heads in the other direction and return to Egypt.’ The women were the ones who loved the land, and they [the daughters of Tzelafchad] said, ‘Give us a share in the land.’
"Gd said to Moses: In My opinion, knowing what I see in the future, it would be better to send women, for they love the land and they won’t speak disgracefully about it. Send them for yourself, though, according to your opinion, for you believe these men are righteous."
(Kli Yakar to Bamidbar 13:1)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
"Alternatively, this is why the Torah specified that the Spies [who rejected the land of Israel] were men: The sages said that the men hated the land of Israel, and they said, ‘Let us set our heads in the other direction and return to Egypt.’ The women were the ones who loved the land, and they [the daughters of Tzelafchad] said, ‘Give us a share in the land.’
"Gd said to Moses: In My opinion, knowing what I see in the future, it would be better to send women, for they love the land and they won’t speak disgracefully about it. Send them for yourself, though, according to your opinion, for you believe these men are righteous."
(Kli Yakar to Bamidbar 13:1)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Monday, October 26, 2009
Why send meraglim [spies] to Israel?
Hi,
"It appears that Gd's essential intent was to send Gd-fearing, complete people, whose entire goal was the service of Gd. Gd-forbid, it was not for them to tour the land and see its material aspects, but rather Gd instructed Moshe to send people who already served Gd in order for them to make their mark as servants of Gd there, through Torah and prayer, in order to draw life and spiritual influence from the heavenly Israel to the earthly Israel, so that the land of Israel itself would long for the arrival of the children of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov."
(R' Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, Kedushat Levi to Parshat Sh'lach)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
"It appears that Gd's essential intent was to send Gd-fearing, complete people, whose entire goal was the service of Gd. Gd-forbid, it was not for them to tour the land and see its material aspects, but rather Gd instructed Moshe to send people who already served Gd in order for them to make their mark as servants of Gd there, through Torah and prayer, in order to draw life and spiritual influence from the heavenly Israel to the earthly Israel, so that the land of Israel itself would long for the arrival of the children of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov."
(R' Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, Kedushat Levi to Parshat Sh'lach)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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