Parshas Shlach - Unlocking Divine Assistance & Overcoming Obstacles

A national hysteria , some crying for no reason , angering of the Almighty , a group of people that seek to du'chuva to repent and then go back into the land that end up being destroyed by the Amalekians , destroyed by those that are inhabiting the land . Currently It fails miserably .

The parasha eventually culminates with the parasha of tzitzis , which seemingly gives off the understanding that Hashem has gifted us with this cloak that we can look at to inspire ourselves to refrain from sin . So suruachel vavchem is the point of tzitzis .

That's pretty much parasha's shalach in a nutshell , skipping over a couple of different mitzvos that Akash Baruchu gave to us . But today I'd like to deal with a very irking point , a point of seems like injustice . It seems it was unfair .

You see , the mission of these spies , shalach , lecho an'noshem , was a mission that was doomed from the start And if we , but the Almighty's help , can succeed in citing this problem , building up this issue , to show why it's really hard to understand .

But then to grab a magnifying glass and clarify the topic , to zoom in and understand this fundamental truth , well then we will discover , as Vyuchem tells us , this idea , this fundamental yisoid , that is the difference between winning and losing successful avaitis Hashem and failing to maximize our kochos .

The idea is a bit of a ripping off of a bandaid that can be uncomfortable . It's not exactly immediately inspiring but , as we shall soon see , it is indeed the most inspiring and motivating idea . The irking issue , the problematic problem , is as follows . Part of Shlach begins with Vaidabh er shem ma waishalay maur . Shlach licha , send for yourself .

Send , if you please . Anoshim men la yassuru as eret kinana shere ani nai seh levne Israel ish echod , ish echod maat ay avaisav tish lachu kol nasi vahem . I have told you that it's a good land , but Send spies . After all . Rashi tells us that Shlach licha means send , because the Jewish people wanted spies . The Almighty had no interest in sending spies .

In fact He promised to His chosen people that the land is going to be good . They would succeed in this battle with the current inhabitants . Shlach licha , says Rashi l'daitcha , according to what you want , you want spies . Ani any medzav licha . I have not commanded you as such , interzah . If you would like Shlach , then send Shlach licha for you .

Lev'ishabh yisrael el Rashi continues with the story . Some background information The Jewish people they surrounded Moshe . Vraamru nish licha , anoshim lefoneno . We would like to send people in front of us to do a recon mission . Kima shenemar vatikavun eilaikul khem um Moshe nimlach peshchina . So Moshe went to talk to Hashem . Is this the right thing to do or not ?

Omar Hashem responded Ani omarti lohem shi hitayvah . I told you that the land is good . Shenemar aale eschem me oni mitzrayim . I took you out of Egypt and I'm going to bring you to a good land . So concludes Rashi . Concludes I call this borachu Chayayhem . By your lives . Sh'ani nosein lohem makom lit'oos .

I am going to give you a place to error , a spot to make a mistake . Bedevray ha'maraglem , lam'an lo'irashua , to become confused , to be tricked , to err because of the words of the spies , in order that you do not conquer the land . End quote mejrsh tan khuma anigamara insota . The mission was doomed . Hashem said I'm going to give you a spot to error .

And the problem , at least it feels like , is it doesn't feel right . It's almost like how everyone asks on paro how could Hashem take away his free will ? Yet here you don't really see that question . It almost seems like Hashem gave them a makom lit'oos . He gave them spots to error .

It's almost altering Bechira a little bit Chayayhem , by your lives There's going to be spots that you're not going to be able to inherit the land , to take the land by force . And when you listen to the Rimbabans question on Rashi , now you have some sources for the question . Rashi says that the sin of Shalach was the fact that they shouldn't have sent spies .

They should have trusted in HaKadash Baruch , when the fact that Hashem said it's a good land seems like they were felt it was missing and betokhon in trust of Hashem . But the Rimbabans asks on him some brutal questions And most notably that we find that great people have sent spies . Moshe Rabbeinu himself .

Yahushua , if you look in Naach , we've sent spies at times And it seems like it's within the practical and normal Hestadlus What you're supposed to do . You send some soldiers ahead to check if it's a good place to travel to . So Rimbabans asks on Rashi this can't be the sin of Parashash Shalach . So now , what exactly did the Jewish people do ?

that was so bad that Hashem said I'm going to give you spots , almost seems like on purpose . Spots to error , spots to mess up . They didn't even do anything wrong . What was the sin that led them ? Hashem's response of chayayhem sh'ani no sin . Lohem makom litos .

The answer , the ripping off of the bandaid , the exposure of the truth that can hurt at the beginning but gives us everything that we need to know . Is That really , in life Down here on planet Earth , there is no real shot at success by ourselves ? victory is not in our cards . The game is coded and wired Against us .

The Gamora and Kedushin says on page 30b Lamed Ahmed Bayes , yitzirai Shal Adam misgaber , alav bechol , yoyim umevakish Hamiso the Yateser Harah . He strengthens himself on a person every single day with new tactics .

And when you think about practical life , you're walking home from Shulon Shabbos new Some new installed installed light-sensing new Contraption that when you walk past it , the light turns on To protect yourself from sin constantly Shabbos and it's really impossible . Think about it . If you're to daven at a minion , you'd love to pray to Hashem .

You're reliant on the fact that you need a minion you you have other scenarios —generally unique unique scenarios we we minion a minion of the Almighty , for our Tafilos . To reach up to the Keseyach Kovach, You need ten men . What if you live in a town there aren't ten men ? It's not totally in our control to be matzliyach in all a safer way .

The authored authored to keep Pesach in a place that The Russian soldiers could not obtain , matzah . At times in history, it was impossible certain to certain With mitzvos, the and his knowledge of us; it , it his ability to set traps , this willing of various foes . You have no hope .

Psychologists often say that an Individual isn't actually in control of his thoughts . The Morwan tries not to think about a pink elephant . The Morwan grabs on to the thought of a pink elephant and At times some things pop into our heads because of things that we have seen or thought about previously . But really , are we in total control of our thoughts ?

Can we be asked , commanded To do something that seems impossible ? This is what Khazal are getting at That . The Eittahara is standing there in Mavakesh Lahami so setting traps , and he seeks to destroy us . The game is not fair . The enemy does not play by the rules and all seems hopeless .

There is one way , the path , the Hatsolokha , the only route of success . It actually comes from the end of that Maimer Chazal , that Kimourin Kedushim , that says Yitzre Shalod I'm a scholar , i love the whole Yajmum of Akish Lahami so that the Yaitza , or the Satan , he wants to destroy a Person . How does that Kimourin conclude ?

The elema lay ha'kodesh boruch , who owes Roe in Yachulow , and if not , that the Almighty Helps a person ? it is an effort in futility . It's hopeless Washteta . What do we see ? what does it say ? that if Hashem helps us , we have a chance . If we can enable some siyatah Dishmayah , some divine aid and assistance , then we got a shot , there's hope .

So now what's left for us to discover is How to bring down the siyatah Dishmayah . How do we get the help We need ? Hashem's aiding and abetting of our avaitah Hashem . It is impossible without it . So what to do ? Chazal , inform us of the only way to in fact bring down divine assistance from heaven and , thank God , chazal , indeed , give us the answer .

They tell us how to bring the divine assistance . It comes from a Gamorro . In multiple places You can find the entire T of the Gamorro Mesaachtah , yuma , da'f , lamid , ches , amid A'al of 38A . The Gamorro says Amor Chazal B'olitaheir , someone who comes to purify himself , messiahen also in some gear .

So it says ha'boolitaheir , one who comes to purify himself in his life , messiahen also , the Almighty helps him , they help him in heaven to enable this purification process . Ha'boolitaheir , one who comes to purify himself , to make himself impure , post-chinlo , and they open those doors as well . What do we see ?

We see a way , we see the light at the end of the tunnel . If we can become ha'boolitaheir People who are coming to purify , hashem helps us .

And when we zoom in and we peel apart and do surgery on this , maimer Chazal for every word is precious and gold We find that the words used for the person coming to sin , leta may himself , and the word used for when a person is coming to purify himself are different . The one who came to purify himself is ha'boolitaheir , then it is Messiahen , they help .

But when it comes to the sin , then it's just post-chinlo . God does not enable , he does not Help a person to sin . No , post-chinlo , god opens those doors . It's well known . We live in a free world . Bed'erach , sh'adam roitze , le'lech mo'i leach in oslo , in the path to the place that a person wants to get to , one can go . They guide you , that's just .

You have free will down here , behiro . That's what it's all about . So if one does choose to look for sin , those doors will be opened for him . And even just so , you should know Some extra chesed from Hashem .

At times He does even deter you and prevent you from sinning , as we find by Billam who was going to sin , but Hashem still sent impediments and stumbling blocks to prevent the sin . Even for somebody That's not Jewish , hashem does not desire sins , even by the Gentiles . Post-chinlo God opens those doors , but Messiahen lo lechah , but helping the sin ?

No , no , no . That is only for someone Who is ha'boolitaheir , who is coming to purify himself , who is a steiger , who wants to grow Rebbe . I want to learn . That's the guy who gets the much needed . The only way . Messiahen lo divine assistance from above , and listen to this . Rebeinu Yonah , perik Dalid mission , a base .

The mission tells us , and masech to all of us rats or mitzvah , caller kebach ha'mura . A manja person , an individual , should run After a light mitzvah , a mitzvah that we see to be you not holding the same significance as one of those super heavy , intense , serious mitzvahs .

You should run after the light one is the same way that he runs after the way we see serious ones . Rabbenu Yonah goes off Telling us how the reason is is because when a person decides to do a mitzvah , that's a bachina , that is a small manifestation of Habboa Letaher .

He's coming to do good and that brings down residual and self-building , a snowball effect of divine assistance . And One mitzvah it leads to another mitzvah . This realm and world of The impossible which we cannot control , the place where we could walk into Motion-sensor set lights on Shabbos .

There is the flip side of that , which is that we just stumble upon mitzvahs . A Mace mitzvah you could stumble . I mean , god forbid , no one should stumble on a mace mitzvah . But if you do , the mitzvah is no , you're of the ayum and takes a lot of quote-unquote luck from above To stumble upon a mitzvah of that caliber .

So ruts the mitzvah call , it could be a murmur to build this residual divine assistance . Habboa Letaher is the avaida of a manch . This all comes from the great mirror maschia , for be ruch on the bovets Call avaida's , how all them leos .

The entire service of a man , of a manch , of an individual , is to be someone who is said about him How boa Letaher he knows about himself . I'm coming to purify myself . I want to get better for Rebbe . I want to learn . So we have ripped the bandit off . Life is impossible without divine aid .

Seattle , this Shmaya , and how can that be used be a Way that we can start to pull more of it from above , by being people who are Habboa Letaher , that are purifying themselves . And now we can take this yes I'd and apply to this Rashi . We can understand .

Everything now sings like a song that when Hashem said to the Jewish people that Chaiyeh and by your lives , shani , no sayin lahmuk on lethose . God is not Hardening anyone's heart , taking away bechira . It's exactly what the words say That there are spots to error , because life itself is impossible to be matzliach unless you have Seattle , this Shmaya .

And I said don't go . You should have trusted me . If you would have gone with the Almighty , things would have been peachy cane and hunky Doria , would have been a seamless takeover , weapons would not have even been needed . But you decided So , laa chlecha . So yeah , send if you please .

But if you go without Hashem , then you're going on a bumpy , cobblestone road . You're going to hit every single pothole on the way and Chaiyeh him by your lives . Of course it's Posh it . It's obvious . Shani , no sayin lahmuk on lethose . There's gonna be spots to make a mistake . Without Seattle , this Shmaya , we are doomed .

What's truly eye-opening is that the Ramban tells us that these are not him , these spies where Clalius Rael's most robust , spiritually charged and healthy Tal Midei , chachomemen , righteous rabbis , the men who were fit for the job , our greatest soldiers , and yet still we see that without Syiata de Shmaia , indeed , they fell prey to all of the Mokomos Letoos , all the

different spots to err . It's really inspiring , though We have our marching orders , we know that we are not commanded on results .

Results are impossible , sometimes things are out of our control , but what we can do , what we are responsible and a chroy for in our avaitis Hashem , is to be habalitahere people who are seeking to purify themselves , to become better and more kadosh .

And you know , there's a famous line we say in Yeshivos and Yeshivos around the world , i'll know it It's that it's not enough to want to want . You can't be someone that says I wish that I wanted to learn Torah . You have to be someone that really wants to learn Rebi . I want to learn That person .

When that desire it transfers into action , to will , to real opening up of the books and opening up of one's mind to the Torah concepts . You see this when you look around .

There are individuals that they graduate from the regular level of wanting to want and turn themselves into habalitahere . They're actually acting and coming towards Kedusha . They actually throw something away that they wish that they could throw away , as opposed to just wanting to want to get rid of it .

They actually schedule a study session with the Rav , with the Chavrusa . They actually start to learn Choybes , halavavos , shahabitahon , to learn about trust in the Almighty . Or they actually start to learn Chopets , chaim , shamirah's , haloshin , to learn about Lush and Hara . They actually take the step and stag into habalitahere And you know what happens .

Then We all see it . Something weird happens . They become inspired , infused , they turn into superheroes of Kedusha because they have been infected , they have been completely overtaken by Kedusha , by divine intervention of spiritual and heavenly assistance . Missaian lo , help from heaven .

Chazal , tell us , if Rashi and Ramban didn't say this , then we could never say such a thing . But it comes out that the Maradlam , the spies , they went on this recon mission by themselves . Shalach , lecho , send , if you please . They went without HaKadash Baruchel , so they were doomed .

It's just eventually going to happen , because life without Siyatah Dishmayah is hopeless .

Our job , our lesson is to be mentioned to be people , to be individuals that are habalatahir , that are coming constantly , evermore , to search for purity , to be matahir our lives , to then be zoha to the assistance that we need that will help us to cut through the red tape of life in the impossible traps of the Yetzahara , to be springboarded , to have a fast

pass , to become the first person who gets to jump on board of the life , of Syatah deshmaya , of help from heaven , to be zoha with this only way that we can possibly fulfill our job in life .

Just remember habalatahir , messiah noso , habalatahmeh poshkhono , if you're coming to purify yourself , to live a good life , to become an ebed Hashem and to do what is morally right and just , you will get help , it will work , you will get the assistance you need .

But if you come looking for sin , not interested in what is proper , then many different , not good , inappropriate doors will open for you . Yitzra shall , adam eskaber , alav bechol yom the Yetzahara . He sets traps , he tries to overpower us every single day , yumevakish hamiso , and he wants to kill us , to destroy us .

However , the ilmole haqadishboreh hu oizroyayn yahu lo , but if not for the Almighty's divine assistance in Syatah deshmaya , we would never make it . But if we are habalatahir , we are seeking purity . We then merit the Syatah deshmaya and the divine assistance that we so badly need .