[Avodah] Shelach

[Cantor Wolberg]

What I find interesting and somewhat ironic though, is that Yehoshua  
was one of the m'raglim (albeit with a positive report) dispatched by  
Moshe to scout the land and was
certainly aware of the error (theologically speaking) and the tragic  
outcome. Nevertheless, four decades later, we have a second mission  
where he implements the same strategy to gather intelligence about the  
Land.
ri


On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:04 AM, Ilana Sober Elzufon wrote:

> RRW: The story in the Haftara are the Tiqqun and redemption for the  
> Torah Portion..
>
> Especially when you realize that the situation of fear and trembling  
> of the Canaanites that Rachav described had been going on for forty  
> years - since yetziat Mitzrayim. It was already the case at the time  
> of Parshat Shlach!
>
> The spies in Parshat Shlach apparently did not speak with any actual  
> Canaanites. They toured much of the land and would seem to have done  
> a very thorough job, but they missed the ikkar. OTOH, the spies in  
> Sefer Yehoshua didn't manage to see much of anything except the  
> inside of Rachav's house and the top of her roof - but that was all  
> they needed for their mission to be successful.
>
> So much of what we see depends on where we look - and on what we are  
> looking for.
>
> - Ilana