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Section: Shelach

Dibas Ha’aretz- The Sin of Maligning Eretz Yisroel

Posted on 23 July 2008

“Observe the devastating power of loshon hora( negative speech) from the episode of the spies. They only spoke loshon hora concerning trees and stones. How much more so, one who speaks loshon hora concerning his fellow Jew” (Erchin 15a). It would be beneficial to explore the parameters of dibas ha’aretz, of maligning the stones and ...

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Ask the Right Questions

Posted on 23 July 2008

The tragedy of the meraglim is certainly one of the most painful episodes recorded in Torah. A people stand poised to enter Eretz Yisroel with Hashem at their head, ready to bring the Exodus from Egypt to its successful conclusion, only to have the great journey abruptly aborted. The evil report of the spies ...

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We Can Do It!

Posted on 03 June 2008

At first, the spies were important people, as it says, “All the men were leaders of the Israelites” (Bamidbar 13:3). Yet when Moses sent them to spy out the Land, they were transformed, as it says, “They departed and they came back” (13:26) – just as their arrival had been with bad intentions, so ...

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Submit a dvar torah

Posted on 17 March 2008

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