Shnayim Yomi - Devarim - Shlishi - #3 - Rabbi Joey Haber - Realizing We Were Never Alone

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Are you ever afraid? Are you ever afraid of what the future holds and you're literally nervous and waiting for the next shoe to drop? I think your fear makes no sense because of what we capture in Shlishi of Parshat Devarim. See, in Shlishi, Moshe Rabbenu starts to recap the story of the Meraglim, how this much the Jewish people came to Moshe Rabbenu and said, "We want to send spies." And Moshe said, "Okay, if that's what you want, we'll send spies to Israel." And the spies come back with an evil report the spies come back with an evil report and they talk about all the negatives of Eretz Yisrael and the Jewish people don't want to go in. And then Moshe Rabbenu comments, which is a comment that I think all of us need to internalize, not just for the people in the desert, but in our life. He says, "Uva'u midbar asher itam. In this desert that you saw, that Hashem carried you kasher yisa ish beno, that like Hashem carried you like a father carries his child, and you still don't trust him? He took gave you light at

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1. 0:02Are you ever afraid? Are you ever afraid of what the future holds and you're literally…
2. 0:33the spies come back with an evil report and they talk about all the negatives of…
3. 1:03trust him? He took gave you light at night and a cloud during the day and…
4. 1:34point and you're still afraid? You still don't trust him?" You agree with Moshe Rabbenu's question…
5. 2:04like Moshe Rabbenu says, like a father carries his son, is how Hashem has carried you…

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