[Avodah] Meraglim and Zionists

[Ben Waxman via Avodah]

Or they were part of a self fulling prophecy. Instead of going in 
confident in themselves and in God's ways, they chose to second guess 
God. The Bnei Yisrael who had actually seen Yitziat Mitzrayim would have 
gone into Israel. Instead a weakened Bnei Yisrael went in and almost 
immediately got trapped in the lure of the local idol worship.

Ben

On 6/13/2017 5:07 AM, saul newman via Avodah wrote:
 > R Sommerfeld commented that the meraglim saw the sins of the jews in 
the land down to the Zionists and therefore felt better not to enter the 
land on behalf of such future sinners. The faithful two said don't mix 
into hashem's business.       And thus their sin was making cheshbonot 
on the future even though they were right.  One surmises he would not 
have been surprised that the sinning side succeeded in the land...