[Avodah] Shelach

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 06:31:40AM -0400, Cantor Wolberg wrote:
: 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.

OTOH, who did he pick? The successful merageil from last time around -
Kaleiv, and a known zealot for HQBH - Pinechas.

Also, on the question of why did Yehoshua get a berakhah and not the
other meraglim, and why Kaleiv succeeded without one, another answer:

The naar in the Eldad uMeidad story was Yehoshua, who was upset that
they were prophesying Moshe's petirah. We see therefore that Yehoshua
had a strong emotional investment in Moshe's survival. Therefore he had
negios for believing we weren't ready to conquer Kenaan yet, as that
would prolong his rebbe's life.

You can complete the mussar shmuess about negios and emotional shochad
on your own.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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