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Zichron Avinoam — 04-parshas shelach 5778 5786-generals are not statesman-english-rabbi reuven mann ztl — Shlach/Korach 5786

Выпуск: Zichron Avinoam — 04-parshas shelach 5778 5786-generals are not statesman-english-rabbi reuven mann ztl — Shlach/Korach 5786. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. The Book of Devarim recounts that when Moshe issued the order “See Hashem your G-d has given before you the land; go up and inherit,” (Devarim 1:21) the people came to him and requested that scouts be sent to search out the terrain to determine “the path on which we should ascend and the cities we should conquer.” (ibid. Then they said: “However, the nation that dwells in the land is strong; and its fortified cities are very large, and also the descendants of Anak (an ancient race of giants) we have seen there.” (BaMidbar 13:28) This statement stimulated the fear that eventually morphed into a massive national panic. The Hebrew word they employed was “Efes,” which literally means “nothing” or “all for naught.” With their deceptive use of innuendo, they were communicating that, yes, the land was very good, but it was all for nothing (Efes), because the people there were so powerful and gigantic that they would slaughter us. By their subtle manipulation of words, the spies exploited the emotional vulnerability of the people, because they had decided that their task was to make the assessment as to whether it was possible for Bnei Yisrael (Children of Israel) to disinherit the land’s inhabitants. On that same day, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, one of Israel’s military legends, made a misbegotten political decision to restore the “status quo” by relinquishing the day-to-day administration of the Temple Mount to the Jordanian religious authority known as the Waqf, who ruled that only Muslims could pray there; anyone of a different religion could not recite any religious supplications in that place. According to Rashi, there was no real need for the spying mission as Hashem had already told them that He would bring them to a “good and ample land which flowed with milk and honey.” (Shemot 3:8) Had they utilized their own Seichel (intelligence), they would have come to the proper decision. Silberstein This week’s Parsha, Shelach, describes the debacle of the spies, which sealed the fate of the generation that experienced the Exodus and generated consequences that affect us to this day. The question of when life begins and whether it can be te

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Zichron Avinoam

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12 июня 2026 г.

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