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Shelach: Rav Schwab on the Meraglim

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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Today's sharim are dedicated by the bean family leishmas Gdalia Ruvane Ben Mayor Gerald Bean whose yard site is today. He should be a male for his whole family for okay welcome friends. You know our sh this Wednesday night was predicated on the following question. The question was that the Moragim should have learned a lesson from Miriam. Miriam because the Moraglam saw what happened to Miriam and they did not learn a lesson. They did not learn a lesson. They should have learned from what Miriam said about Mosa the stringency of lashinhara. So we asked uh what I think is a very powerful question. And that is the main reason for the prohibition is because we insult someone, we hurt someone and therefore accordingly if you speak about an inanimate object there should be no because obviously the inanimate object has no feelings. So what do you want from the Maglam? What exactly should the Moraglam have learned from what Miriam did? Of course, Miriam was punished because she spoke Lashinhara about Mosenu. But Moshabenu is a human being and there is no source in the Torah that you can't talk lashhara about an inanimate object. We based on this question and a number of other uh supports developed an idea that Israel is part of the national makeup of Kal Israel and speaking lash on Israel is not speaking lash on an inanimate object. It is speaking lash on the very nation that is Klal Israel. That was the

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  1. 0:00Today's sharim are dedicated by the bean family leishmas Gdalia Ruvane Ben Mayor Gerald Bean whose…
  2. 0:32Miriam because the Moraglam saw what happened to Miriam and they did not learn a lesson.…
  3. 1:02someone and therefore accordingly if you speak about an inanimate object there should be no because…
  4. 2:04idea that we developed on Wednesday night. uh my friend Ravdan Mueller shared with me that…
  5. 2:36Rab Schwab says at first glance how can you hold the Maglam accountable just because Miriam…
  6. 3:36this criticism, his reaction was no reaction. His heart did not feel any animosity, any hard…
  7. 4:07thought, "I'm less than Ara." It had no he had no human hurt from what she…
  8. 4:37regular Evan. This Evan is kadusha. It's an item of holiness. It's an article of holiness.…
  9. 5:38accountable because you spoke about ah so the moragum should say what wait a second the…
  10. 6:10the faro says on the kilha that who it's hashem we're just passing through but it…

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