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What the Spies Teach Us About Lashon Hara | Parshat Shelach Lecha - Rabbi Yigal Cohen
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The Spies didn’t just speak poorly of the Land of Israel; their ultimate downfall began because they chose to live in negativity. When you train your mind to look for the bad, you will think the worst, and inevitably, you will speak words that destroy. True wisdom lies in flipping the script: See good 👀 Think good 🧠 Speak good 💬 #judaism #parshathashavua #weeklyparsha #torah #torahlearning #torahportion #hidabroot #rabbi #rabbiyigalcohen
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The spies, lashon hara, look at what
lashon hara is.
They spoke about lashon hara. The
Mishnah in tractate Arakhin says, "The
Holy One, blessed be He, forgave for
sexual immorality, for idolatry, but did
not forgive for lashon hara." What kind
of lashon hara? About the land of
Israel, not about a person, but about
something that the Holy One, blessed be
He, promised, a land flowing with milk
and honey, and they went and spoke badly
about it.
In the end, those people have no share
in the world to come, because speaking
lashon hara is not just speaking lashon
hara.
First of all, he sees something bad,
thinks something bad, and in the end, he
also speaks something bad.
Its root, its essence, is to live in
negativity. When a person's root is to
live in negativity, in the end, the Holy
One, blessed be He, punishes him with
severe punishments.
The wisdom is to start by seeing good,
thinking good, and speaking good.
Because lashon hara, in the end,
leads to bad places, and good things
happen specifically through peace, as it
is said, "The Lord will give strength to
His people. The Lord will bless His
people with peace." Shabbat shalom and
blessings.