Prior to their scheduled entry into Eretz Yisroel, Bnei Yisroel asked Moshe to send spies to reconnoiter the land promised to them. The result of that expedition is well known. Ten of the twelve spies with the exceptions only of Yehoshua bin Nun and Calev ben Yefuneh returned with a negative report, causing Bnei Yisroel to despair, cry and fear going forward into the land. We know the result of that night of crying. Not only did Hashem decree that that night would be a night of crying from generation to generation, a date upon which both Batei Mikdosh would be destroyed among other tragedies, but also that Bnei Yisroel would not enter the land immediately. Instead, Bnei Yisroel were destined to wander in the desert for forty years, one year for each day of the expedition, until this entire generation had died and their children could go forward and inherit the land of the Emori.
Two related questions may trouble us. First, decreeing a full year for each day the spies were on their mission seems harsh. Further, the actual sin was in speaking negatively about the land, a sin that was only committed on the last day. Why was Bnei Yisroel punished for the full forty days?
Click here for Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
NAALEH.COM and YU TORAH Rehabilitation And Reframing By: Mrs. Shira Smiles
Prior to their scheduled entry into Eretz Yisroel, Bnei Yisroel asked Moshe to send spies to reconnoiter the land promised to them. The result of that expedition is well known. Ten of the twelve spies with the exceptions only of Yehoshua bin Nun and Calev ben Yefuneh returned with a negative report, causing Bnei Yisroel to despair, cry and fear going forward into the land. We know the result of that night of crying. Not only did Hashem decree that that night would be a night of crying from generation to generation, a date upon which both Batei Mikdosh would be destroyed among other tragedies, but also that Bnei Yisroel would not enter the land immediately. Instead, Bnei Yisroel were destined to wander in the desert for forty years, one year for each day of the expedition, until this entire generation had died and their children could go forward and inherit the land of the Emori.
Two related questions may trouble us. First, decreeing a full year for each day the spies were on their mission seems harsh. Further, the actual sin was in speaking negatively about the land, a sin that was only committed on the last day. Why was Bnei Yisroel punished for the full forty days?
Click here for Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein.
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