<div dir="ltr">Rav Ziemba HY"D quotes a mishna in bikkurim that when one goes into the field and sees new figs, grapes or pomegranets he ties something to the fruit and says it is for bikkurim. He asks that Bikkurim comes from 7 species why does the Mishna give an example using these 3.<div>
<br></div><div>He answers that when the spies returned from EY the parsha says ther brought these three frruits with thm. Thus, the mitzva of bikkurim is a tikkun for the sin of the spies. They tried to downplace the importance of EY while bikkurim elevates the place of EY.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Note - the phrase "meraglim" (and similar phrases) is never used in parshat shlach only in devarim<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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