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Torah Studies — Studies-Shelach-imp — Shlach 5783

Выпуск: Torah Studies — Studies-Shelach-imp — Shlach 5783. Темы: chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Schneerson PARSHAS SHELACH 5783 Shelach SHELACH "T H E R E A R E G I A N T S " The Torah portion of Shelach tells of the sin of the spies who "spoke badly about the land they had explored."1 One of the ways in which they slandered the land was with their statement:2 "We saw nefilim there." Rashi explains that nefilim refers to "giants, the descendants of [the angels] Shamchazai and Aza'eil, who fell from heaven in the generation of Enosh." The term nefilim is not a new one; it was mentioned in Bereishis.3 Rashi explains there that in Hebrew, nefilim refers to giants - men of flesh and blood. Rashi therefore explains that nefilim means "the descendants of [the angels] Shamchazai and Aza'eil, who fell from heaven." In other words, the spies now stated something entirely new: These are not at all the giants they mentioned earlier, people who were merely physically large. They stated this fact specifically here because they were responding to the events that transpired between their earlier words and their current ones: The Torah relates that when the spies concluded their statement about the might of the inhabitants, Calev calmed the people and reassured them that they would indeed be able to conquer the land.5 He did so, Rashi explains, by recalling the great miracles which G-d had performed for them in the past. They therefore buttressed their contention by stating that among the inhabitants were descendants of the angels "who fell from heaven in the generation of Enosh." In other words, these were beings so powerful that even the Flood - a heavenly punishment that destroyed almost all of mankind - did not destroy them.7 Rashi's comment that nefilim here refers to "angels who fell from heaven," is in keeping with the objection of the spies as explained in Chassidus:8 The spies much preferred the spiritual lifestyle they led in the desert, completely removed from the corporeal world and from such earthly worries as having to earn a living. Our Sages derive from this12 that an assembly of 10 individuals constitutes a congregation; matters of holiness that req

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Torah Studies

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16 июня 2023 г.

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12

Темы: chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind, parsha_commentary