Shnayim Yomi - Shelach - Rishon - #1- Rabbi Baruch Miller - The Request Behind the Request

Good morning everybody. Here we are Sunday. When I think of para shalak, the word that comes to mind is consequential. It's perhaps the most consequential para in the Torah. Something that the foundations of still reverberate nowadays. We still struggle to overcome the challenges of a para shal. But let's get to it. First aliyah and paral details. Hashem telling Mosha to send Moragim to spend send spies into who those spies are going to be who the Moragim are each person from each that is the context that is the content of the first of and what's interesting to note is that it opens with the word and for you Rashi says is if you want to Hashem is giving but it's only if you want and furthermore Rashi points out in parasim When Moshe recounts what happens, it says you came to me and said you want Maglin and I thought it was a good idea. It's very confusing. Which one is it? Does Hashem want it? Does he not want it? Is it only us who wanted it? Mo was happy with it. It seems to be just just a mess. And I think the the the most clear in this and the most foundational in life to lead us guide us in life comes from the who explains that there's three levels that a person can approach the world. The highest level is someone who's completely in the hands of the level. He's just everything he puts totally his complete. Then there's people who have amuna have proper appropriate amounts of but they do they go through life and say I'm going to do what I need in order to get what I need for myself for my family. And the third level is unfortunately people who believe they're in control. They're going to their is what is going to determine how their life how their life goes. Explains that comes to me and they have a bash. Let's send them what they're asking is listen we can't live on the level where we're just totally in the hands of that it's not for us we need some we need to live like human beings let's send was happy with the request says this is self-aware this is healthy okay the at that point says okay you know what you're right this is okay though I wish as the inan says I wish they could be on that level that they're just with me all day, but I understand. So, it's okay. On that level, they were on the second level of human beings, which is perfectly okay. It's a good idea send, but it's for you because I wish they could be even higher than that. But also explains for knew was going on deep in the hearts of some of that they felt the need to be in control to decide their fate. They were going to decide whether was a good place to go. didn't see that. He saw them on the second level as people who just wanted to do normal. But Hashem also understood what was really going on in the hearts. But as says, Hashem is not a gossiper. He doesn't bring to he doesn't tattle on. So he says, okay, on some level on the level you see at this is healthy or correct. It's okay. But the truth is in in the depth of the kavono of Hashem, he understood that something was rotten at the core of the request. It was a quest to be in control. And that's what leads to the devastating ramifications, the devastating consequences of this para. We're going to learn together. Have a wonderful rest of your day. Have a good afternoon, good evening, and good night.