Devarim | A Matter of Perspective
Rabbi Yoni Zolty '12, Rabbi of Congregation Ramath Orah, Manhattan
Chet HaMeraglim is traditionally understood as an issue of motzi shem ra, of spreading false rumors. R' Gershom, though, argues the sin was not of sharing false things about the land of Israel, but rather about the attitude and the lens with which they interpreted their findings.
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