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siyata di’Shemaya in order to be able to withstand nisyonot. This was the
case with David Hamelech. One should try to keep away from situations
of nisyonot, for, as our Sages exhort us, “Do not believe in yourself until “They brought forth to the Children of Israel an
the day you die.”
evil report on the Land that they had spied out,
The letters of the word (send forth) can be transposed to spell the saying: The Land through which we have
word (weak). When a person leaves the spiritual security of the Beit passed, to spy it out, is a land that devours its
Hamidrash, he exposes himself to the dangers of the street. He is liable to
stumble on the roadblocks. He would do well to fill his reservoirs with inhabitants! All the people that we saw in it
ahavat Hashem. This will grant him the siyata di’Shemaya necessary to were huge!”
help him in a time of nisayon. (Bamidbar 13:32)

“The entire assembly raised up and issued its
voice; the people wept that night”

(Bamidbar 14:1)