[Avodah] All 24000 died

[Rabbi Meir G. Rabi]

Thank you for the comprehensive reflections on the history and context of
that event.

One must however consider that Chazal employed various events to highlight
their perspective of the Divine Will
their main objective being
Moral lessons we must learn from these historical events
and even if they exaggerated in order to embellish a point or two
is this not perfectly legitimate and a successful strategy?

Chazal describe the admission of Achan
he violated the Cherem of Yericho
and in the next war the Yidden suffered defeat
After various Divinely inspired tests
and a lottery
Achan admitted
Yehoshua QUICKLY dispatched messengers to collect the evidence.

What was the hurry?
Yehoshua was afraid that Shevet Yehudah
rather than being happy to have eliminated the evil from their midst
would go to war with the other tribes
to defend the honour of their tribe
and therefore were suspected of taking and concealing the incriminating
evidence.
See Rashi there

This from the generation known as the Doe DeAh
who witnessed for many years
Bread from Heaven
Water from a Rock
and clouds that led and protected them

The witnessed crossing the Yarden
described as greater and more miraculous the KeRiyas Yam Suf
the miraculous war against Yericho

They had been in EY for a couple of weeks or months
and they are already close to having a civil war.

Whether this is absolutely true
or not
is not germane to Chazals discussion
they have a lesson to teach -
Doss Is Der Mensch.

As for the last remaining 1000 Talmidim of R Akiva
Chazal I feel, want us to ask
What the blazes were they thinking
and would WE think/rationalise any differently?



Best,

Meir G. Rabi

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