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All too often our stumbles and falls, as different as they may seem, have a common root. In order to affect real change in ourselves, we need to sit down and think deeply about our character traits and which ones are the core of mishap. Channeling our deepest qualities from negative to positive can have a life-altering effect, and release the sparks of holiness we have hidden within.
The grand formation in which the Jews traveled in the desert, according to their unique flags is interesting - but seems to be only that. What was it so necessary to have the elaborate arrangements they followed? Rabbi Kirzner speaks of a great desire to have a connection to spirituality that is constant and strong. How does appreciating our individuality within the framework of a common direction help us achieve that?
The response to seeing an unfaithful woman's punishment was to become a Nazir - abstaining from wine, haircutting, and various other things to preempt him from following the same path. But wouldn't we assume the reaction to witnessing such gruesome consequences would in itself be a deterrent? Rabbi Kirzner discusses the far ranging effects what we see has on us, and the Nazir's underlying lack of appreciation of physical and spiritual synthesis.
The Jews that lived to be freed from Egypt and subsequently wander in the desert were known to be the greatest generation that ever lived. So how can we understand their strange request for meat, and their desire to eat it even when it promised death? A great man's desire to achieve ethereal spiritual levels through his own hard work, without any help from G-d seems to make sense, though we may be far from it. How can understanding that it is the wrong path to take hold the key to understanding where they went wrong?
As we grow spiritually, we run into a great challenge. Won't following G-d's instructions to the letter cause a loss of identity and self? The paradoxical answer we learn from the story of the spies - although not understanding the full depth of what we're doing may seem to be a denial of individuality, in truth it will bring us in touch with our more developed self. How is this so?
