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mitzvot, they would be banished from the Land, as Yirmeyahu, indeed, The Chachamim of the generation of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza were held
lamented, “How does she sit alone?” accountable for the churban, for they heard avak lashon hara but did not

Moshe repeated all the mitzvot to Bnei Yisrael. Most of the nation that decry it. They then fell into the sin of lashon hara itself, for “one sin leads
had stood at Har Sinai was already gone. He was speaking to a new to another.”
generation, who had not heard these mitzvot first-hand. Moreover, Hashem cast His wrath upon sticks and stones, which raise ash and dust
Hashem wanted anyone who had questions to speak up now, before they when they burn. This was meant to hint to the people that the churban
would enter the Land. Settling Eretz Yisrael demands whole-hearted was caused by the fire of lashon hara. The first churban was a result of
fulfillment of the mitzvot, no questions asked. bitul Torah, when the people disregarded the Tree of Life. Hashem,
“It was in the fortieth year.” The word used here is , a term of measure for measure, cast His wrath upon the sticks and stones of the
anguish. Moshe was reminding Bnei Yisrael of the sin of the spies, which Beit Hamikdash.
caused them to wander in the Wilderness for forty years. They were also
told that because on the ninth of Av they had cried for nothing, that day
would be slated as a day of weeping for generations, with the fall of the
Beit Hamikdash.
Lashon hara about Eretz Yisrael caused the destruction of the Beit
Hamikdash. “After he had smitten Sichon” implies that the way to combat
Sichon/the Yetzer Hara is through Torah and mitzvah observance. “These are the words that Moshe spoke to all
“Turn and journey” means that one should never allow himself to be in a Israel, on the other side of the Jordan, in the
situation where he is turned off from mitzvah performance. Bnei Yisrael Wilderness, in the Aravah, opposite the Sea of
should spend their days traveling the trails of Torah. The letters of the Reeds; between Paran and Tophel, and Lavan,
word can be transposed to spell the word . “Who is strong? He
who subdues his personal inclination.” and Chatzerot, and Di-zahav”
(Devarim 1:1)

“How can I alone carry your contentiousness,
your burdens, and your quarrels?”

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