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Subject:
Insight 5768-33: CHARMAH
Author:
schweitzer@axxent.ca
Date:
7/10/2008
First of all, it's Chormah - that's a komotz koton under the cheis.
Secondly, I'm surprised Rabbi Hecht didn't mention that this is the second time Chormah has been mentioned. It's also the site of the defeat of the Ma'apilim after the Meraglim disaster. I even saw somewhere that this
whole episode is out of place - that the Arad/Chormah incident took place just before Shelach Lecha and that's why the people were gung ho on sending the meraglim. Having fought their first battle they figured it was going to be that way the whole way into Israel so they wanted to
scout out the land. And thus the irony - they are beaten back by the Emorites to the site of their first victory. Thus it's like they're sent back to start over which would answer Rabbi Hecht's question about both Moshe and Yehoshua's dual dedications - the first one didn't count.
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