The "Sin of the Spies" and Tish'a BeAv, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom

By analyzing the accounts in both Shelach and Devarim, we will assess the connection between these two events?

Chazal, in a famous Aggada (at the end of Masekhet Ta'anit) generate a calendar in order to "time" the arrival of the scouts at the camp on the afternoon of the 8th of Av so that the weeping "that night" coincides with Tish'a BeAv. The connection between these two events, along with the commands (mentioned at the beginning of Devarim) that we are not to conquer "the land of the children of Lot" is assessed.

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