Welcome to the short, practical Lelamed Weekly Dvar and Daily Aliyah. As always, you can Order The Daily Aliyah <https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-daily-aliyah/> and receive your hard copy of these daily practical and relevant Torah thoughts (all proceeds go to Daily Giving), or join this Whatsapp group <https://chat.whatsapp.com/G35Ne4mpYsm3RLPDPnPSKC> to receive one per day. I hope you find this meaningful... _______________________________________________ Parashat Devarim includes Moshe’s review of the Jewish people’s history, including admonitions and rebukes for past misdeeds. Among the transgressions mentioned is the people’s insistence on sending spies into the land that was promised to them. Moshe says, “All of you approached me and told me that we should send spies to research the land” (1:22). Why did Moshe reference the fact that “all of you” approached him? Also, since the generation that perpetrated the sin had already passed, why was Moshe addressing his audience as if they had been the guilty ones? Rashi explains that “all of you” references how the people approached Moshe asking for spies—they were disorderly, pushing each other out of the way to be heard. Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky says that this explains why the list of tribes sent to spy is not in genealogical order: people pushed others out of their way to be heard out of order. As Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetsky explains, we all have valuable ideas and opinions, but it is how they are presented that impacts their success. The experience is being mentioned for the benefit of the generation that followed the offenders as well as for ours. Our ideas and opinions are only as good as the respect with which we convey them. Shlomo Ressler _____________________________________________ Quotation of the week: "Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners."