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Believing Everything You Hear

The Meraglim returned with large claims. They said they had seen giants to whom a human being was small as a grasshopper. What is the relationship between a human and a grasshopper? I’d say 1:100 is a conservative estimate. So … Continue reading

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Sweat The Small Stuff

Ibn Ezra; the Jews needed to fail at the meraglim, because they were so raw. They needed more time with Moshe, and needed to cement their loyalty to Hashem and His Torah. Indeed, by failing they showed their unreadiness, that … Continue reading

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Is It All That Severe?

2 questions; One – why was the punishment for listening to the spies’ slander so severe – a year for each day – doesn’t that sound like a lot? Two – Rashi explains that stayed in the Desert forty years … Continue reading

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Why Did Moshe Send Elders Instead Of Scouts?

If Moshe wanted to find out about Eretz Yisrael he ought to have sent scouts, professional spies, not nesi’im, the tribal leaders! Why send nesi’im? One suggestion was that because these were tribal leaders, people trusted they would have the … Continue reading

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