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What year does this story take place?
What story does the Torah tell us right before the story of the meraglim?
What date were the meraglim sent out? And from what place?
When did they return?
Why did Bn"y ask Moshe to send out spies? (4)
What was the real reason? (3)
Why did Hashem let them send spies? (mashal)
What shevet wasn't involved? Why not?
פסוק ב
Rashi: Why is the story of the meraglim after the story of miriam?
According to the S"C, why is Rashi even asking this question?
How does Rashi explain שלח לך?
Why did Hashem agree?
According to the Sifsei Chachomim , what is bothering Rashi concerning the commandment of שלח לך?
Why was it beneficial for Moshe to send out spies?
(kli yakar)
What's the hint in the words שלח לך אנשים? (baal haturim)
Why shouldn't Moshe let them choose who to send? (sforno)
Explain כל נשיא בהם. (sforno)
פסוק ג
Explain 'על פי ה according to Rashi.
What do we learn from the words כולם אנשים?
Why wouldn’t it make sense that לך שלח would be a commandment of Hashem? (S"C)
פסוקים ד-טו
According to the Ramban: In what order were the meraglim named in the pessukim?
פסוק טז
ויקרא משה... ליהושע According to רש"י what did Moshe R. do?
Where does he learn it from?
Kli yakar: 2 reasons why moshe davened for Yehoshua?
Or Hachayim: Why the letter yud?
According to the Rebbe: If moshe felt that the spies were going to sin, why didn’t he cancel the mission?
פסוק יז
Why did they start spying in the south? (2)
עלו... בנגב what is the S"C Q&A on these words?
פסוק יח
וראתם את הארץ מה היא: Explain according to Rashi
According S"C, what is bothering Rashi?
How does the S"C answer this?
What sign did Moshe give them to determine whether the people were strong or weak?
פסוק יט
What does המחנים mean?
Why does Rashi explain this first (before הטובה)?
How does Rashi explain הטובה?
פסוק כ
How does Rashi explain היש בה עץ?
According to S"C - why can't it be referring to plain old trees?
How does sforno explain השמנה?
Why should they strengthen themselves (Ramban)?
פסוק כא
From where did they spy the land?
In what shape did they travel?
פסוק כב
Who were Achiman, Sheshai and Talmai?
ויעלו בנגב ויבא what doesn't seem right?
Who went to Chevron? What did he do there?
How was he awarded?
וחברון שבע שנים נבנתה לפני צאן מצרים What doesn't make sense? (rashi)
What is the answer?
פסוק כג
Who didn't carry anything and why not?
לפי שכל עצמו להוציא דבה נתכוונו - explain
פסוק כד
הוסיפו לו שם נחל - why? (kli yakar)
Who named the place נחל אשכול?
(or hachaim)
פסוק כה
According to Rashi, what's the distance they traveled in E"Y?
How long should it have taken for them to travel?
Why did Hashem perform a miracle for them?
פסוק כו
וילכו ויבאו what's bothering Rashi?
(S"C)
What is Rashi's answer?
Didn't Rashi teach us earlier that they were all אנשים - righteous men? How could they have left with bad intentions?
ישיבו אתם דבר According to or hachaim, why doesn't it say "what" they said?
פסוק כז
וגם זבת חלב ודבש הוי What's Rashi's Q&A?
כיון שכונתם לא היה אלא לרעה למה אמרו בראש דבריהם היפך כונתם - Explain
פסוק כח
אפס כי עז העם Explain
What are הערים בצורות?
Didn't Moshe tell them that if the cities are fortified the people are weak? What is their argument against Moshe?
פסוק כט
עמלק יושב Amalek wasn't even part of the territory they had to conquer, so why are they mentioned?
פסוק ל
ויהס כלב Explain
How did he silence them? (Rashi)
רוח אחרת עמו משמע שתי רוחות אחת בפה ואחת בלב: Explain
What does Rashi say about the words עלה נעלה?
פסוק לא
Explain according to Rashi: כי חזק הוא ממנו
Explain the loshon of the S"C: דאיאפשר לומר ממנו מישראל דהוה משמע שגם ישראל חזק
The rebbe asks how can the meraglim present such a ridiculous argument?
(2)
וכאן לא יתכן זה שהרי המרגלים מדמים עצמן כחגבים Explain
פסוק לב
Explain according to Rashi: ארץ אכלת יושביה
What is the simple translation of ארץ אכלת יושביה
How was that for their own good?
Explain אנשי מדות
פסוק לג
Who were the נפילים?
Translate ונהי בעינינו כחגבים
What is Rashi's Q&A on the words וכן היינו בעיניהם?
Where did we learn...
כל דבר שקר שאין אומרים בו קצת אמת בתחלתו, אין מתקיים בסופו
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