[Avodah] Questions on Parshat Noach

[Liron Kopinsky]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:51 AM, <cantorwolberg at cox.net> wrote

>
> First of all, "all" of B'nai Yisroel was not united in their sin. If you
> recall, Joshua and Caleb opposed the majority.
> Secondly, the sin of the egel had to do with a fear that Moshe died and
> though the ends certainly did not justify
> the means, the motivation of B'nai Yisroel was not based on being evil.
> The sin of the meraglim, on the other hand,
> showed a lack of faith in HaShem.
>

I think it is safe to assume that Shem and Aver, at the very least, were
not involved in the building of the Tower of Bavel either. Whether they
actually opposed it, or not, I do not know - and maybe that is an important
difference.
Additionally, the LR (I think) says that the sin of the meraglim was that
they misunderstood the purpose of life. They thought, incorrectly, that the
ideal was for us to be dwelling in the shechina in the midbar with all of
our material needs taken care of, and didn't want to leave the idyllic
environment and have to spend their time getting food/conquering the land
etc.

Kol Tuv,
Liron
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