It Hinges on the Fringes - Parashat Shelach - Rabbi Dovid Kaplan

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their their uh what do you call it? They're getting punishment. And so it's on page 808, sorry. 808. Um five lines from the bottom. 808, five lines from the bottom. Yeah, those are the men that Moshe sent. Those are the people that Moshe had sent. They all of us call it either They came and they agitated against him the entire congregation. The whole city by all of us. What happens to these men? They all of us call it either the people They all of us call it either the people that Moshe had sent. They all of us call it either the people that Moshe had sent. They died in a plague. Yesterday we mentioned that they got eaten by worms. The worms crawled out of their tongue into their belly and their belly back to their tongue. Uh and there is actually a measure that says that they all just dropped dead at one time so that everybody should see it's the hand of a God. When 10 10 healthy strong men are standing there and all of a sudden they all just dropped dead at one time, so that everybody everybody realizes that that's probably got uh something to do with divine intervention. But what is the what's the reason? And But what is the what's the reason? And Rashi says that they they they crawled from their belly button. The belly button is the belly button. So we were asking yesterday, what's the connection? So Daniel said correctly, Eretz Yisrael is the midpoint of the world. Certainly the ancient world. In the ancient world, Eretz Yisrael America America didn't count. Uh Eretz Yisrael was basically you had northern Africa, you had uh western Asia, and you had Europe. And

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1. 0:00their their uh what do you call it? They're getting punishment. And so it's on page…
2. 4:38And they didn't realize your power is in your in your numbers. Where do we see…
3. 9:41examining it very carefully. Well, I don't know how much kavana he had on this page.…
4. 14:14part of a group, you're going in with the group. That's why the minyan is so…
5. 19:23anybody." But, it it we're the attitude is, "Listen, if you're going to shut us down,…
6. 23:57back with whatever legitimate Halakhic weapon we have. That's all. That's what's going on. Okay. So,…
7. 29:03cut with one big payot unicorn thing sticking out of the middle of his head. And…
8. 33:42of the land." Just like it started out. Don't stray after like they went and spied…
9. 38:50tells you that maybe their motivation isn't the necessary the problem. You could discuss it with…
10. 43:25And each one has their area of responsibility. And women are exempted for certain mitzvahs. Women…

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