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Rashi’s commentary requires elucidation. Not only for his deviation from the normative approach that tzoraat is a punishment, but also for the connection he makes between the generation of the wilderness and tzoraat-afflicted homes.
To explain Rashi, we must remember that the Gemara explains the cause of Tzaraat to be tzarut ha-ayin, literally, a narrowness of the eye. I.e., a supercritical, pessimistic, toxic, negative look at all that is around you.
Perhaps Rashi’s explanation is a lesson tailored for our generation: " Ki tavo’u el haaretz " - After finally having the ability of living in Israel, instead of running and embracing that miracle and opportunity, some Jews respond with tzarut ha-ayin - a narrowness of one’s sight. If we adopt a critical negative, pessimistic, outlook on our actual ability to live in the land, or a lack of desire to do so, then Hashem sadly will begin to jeopardize our security, our hold on the land. The generation that perished in the wilderness because of tzarut ayin, did not reach the Holy Land, and did not earn the gems and jewels of the Amorites!
May we see more obviously the gems and jewels of the treasure of Eretz Yisrael that is sparkling before us without having to be subjected to the painful anguish of additional trauma and dismantling of our foundation, and be zocheh to build our homes, our lives, and future in Eretz Hakdosha.
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Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
