tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post6398764694423927187..comments2024-03-19T23:03:01.685-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Shlach, Bamidbar 14:23. The Meraglim. Appreciating Eretz YisraelEliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-648323361080543852015-06-12T15:31:28.788-05:002015-06-12T15:31:28.788-05:00I saw that you indelicately called my comments &qu...I saw that you indelicately called my comments "hacking a tchainik". Well, at least thanks for incorporating my thoughts, even though only as a straw man.Dovid Leibnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-74069130056432959862015-06-11T17:13:24.166-05:002015-06-11T17:13:24.166-05:00Good. So RTYK would say, the land would refuse to...Good. So RTYK would say, the land would refuse to show its bounty to such people, and for them, life will indeed be so unpleasant that they would leave. From the Medrash we would say that those people that are crass and ignoble will only see desert and thorn, because they will be unable to appreciate the tremendous spiritual treasures in Eretz Yisrael, and so they will have no reason to stay. Yasher KoachEliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-67206067724762780432015-06-11T15:39:37.111-05:002015-06-11T15:39:37.111-05:00And then it comes to that cultish point where it&#...And then it comes to that cultish point where it's hard to tell where wishful thinking ends and reality begins.Dovid Leibnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-51936226682942105702015-06-11T11:30:38.632-05:002015-06-11T11:30:38.632-05:00What's your point? You think I'm talking ...What's your point? You think I'm talking about coffee or beer? If you are focused on glib comments, the mussar haskeil is wasted on you. Be maavir sedra instead.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-17647517157736653512015-06-11T11:29:27.825-05:002015-06-11T11:29:27.825-05:00I meant ruchniyusdikeh hachannah, and have now cor...I meant ruchniyusdikeh hachannah, and have now corrected it. Thank you for pointing out the error. In the vernacular, that would be anticipatory devotional ennoblement, I guess.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-27713433154418013912015-06-11T11:28:59.088-05:002015-06-11T11:28:59.088-05:00Perhaps that's the pshat in the pasuk in Vayik...Perhaps that's the pshat in the pasuk in Vayikra (18:25): וַתָּקִא הָאָרֶץ, אֶת-יֹשְׁבֶיהָ and ולא תקיא הארץ אתכם in Kedoshim (11:14), attributing the spitting out of עוברי עבירה to the land itself.Aryeh Berkowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097056330900042219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-35281684696083407262015-06-11T11:21:26.858-05:002015-06-11T11:21:26.858-05:00what pray tell is ruchniyuskikeh ?what pray tell is ruchniyuskikeh ?shlomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875420938659139880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-44558154669573370012015-06-10T19:05:04.164-05:002015-06-10T19:05:04.164-05:00So what you're saying is that it's an acqu...So what you're saying is that it's an acquired taste.Dovid Leibnoreply@blogger.com