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SHELAITU
ITUREI HA-TORAH QUESTIONS
SHELACH
BY RABBI CARL ASTOR
1. (14:31) Your children who !ou said would "e carried o## $ these will I allow to
enter% the! shall &now the land that !ou ha'e re(ected)
Iturei Ha-Torah: *) +enache, +endel o# -ite"s& wrote in one o# his letters
#ro, Israel a"out the lac& o# res.ect #or and dis,issal o# the !oun/er /eneration
0And !our children who !ou said would "e carried o##10 The !oun/er
/eneration which !ou dis,iss indeed the! will co,e to lo'e the land o# Israel and
0the! shall &now the land)0 (Hasidic Treasury)
a) 2h! does the older /eneration tend to disres.ect and dis,iss the !oun/er
/eneration3
") 2hat can we learn #ro, this3
2. (14:34) I the Lord ha'e s.o&en) This will I do to all that wic&ed "and that has
"anded to/ether a/ainst ,e) In this 'er! wilderness the! shall die to the last
,an)
Iturei Ha-Torah: 5$d #or/a'e e'er! other sin) The! sinned with the /olden cal#
and were #or/i'en% the! sinned "! co,.lainin/ and he #or/a'e the,% the! sinned
with the re"ellion o# 6orah and were #or/i'en) 7nl! this one sin o# the scouts was
not #or/i'en "ut the! were conde,ned with 0in this 'er! wilderness the! shall
die)0 0You cried #or no reason so I will esta"lish (a da! o#) cr!in/ #or the
/enerations)0 2h!3 2e learn #ro, this that re.entance is e##ecti'e #or all sins
whether "etween ,an and 5$d or "etween ,an and ,an e8ce.t when a .erson
sins a/ainst his .eo.le) Then neither re,orse nor re.entance is e##ecti'e as it
states 0All the sinners o# ,! .eo.le shall .erish "! the sword)0 (A,os 9:1:) (R.
Yitzhak Elhanan Spector.)
a) 2h! would sins a/ainst the .eo.le "e un#or/i'a"le3
") Are there an! other sins which ,i/ht "e in this cate/or!3
Iturei Shelach Astor ;
ANSWERS
1a) Ti,es chan/e and so do custo,s "eha'iors dress and taste) The older
/eneration has a hard ti,e acce.tin/ these chan/es)
1") The older /eneration ,ust tr! to re,e,"er when it was considered re"ellious
and "e ,ore tolerant and su..orti'e o# the !oun/er /eneration)
;a) <irst o# all it is di##icult i# not i,.ossi"le to e'er re.air the da,a/e done to
so ,an! .eo.le) Also it is a .articularl! heinous o##ense to har, the =ewish
.eo.le)
;") So,e sa! that ,urder and e'en slander are un#or/i'a"le)