Tag Archives: spoken words

Initiating Conversation

“Motzei dibas ha’arretz” Rashi explains that the term Motzai Dibah is unusual. It refers to initating a flow of talk, either for good or for bad. So the sin of the Meraglim was not necessarily in what they had actually … Continue reading

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Beware Empty Words

Hashem told Moshe to tell the Jews “Indeed, As you have spoken, will it be done to you; you will die here in this desert!” When did they request that?? Rashi comments that earlier they had said “If only we … Continue reading

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