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the Jewish people crossed in the same formation as they camped. It was necessary for the water to stand only 12 mil high to allow for the entire encampment to pass through the Jordan. According to the statement of R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, who said the water stood at a height of over 300 mil, th
And one says: According to both this Sage and that Sage, they crossed in the same formation as they camped. However, one Sage, R' Yehuda, holds that a person moves faster than water, and one Sage, R' Elazar son of R' Shimon, holds that water moves faster than a person does.
§ Since the Talmud mentioned the cluster of grapes that the spies brought back from Eretz Yisrael, it continues discussing the story of the spies. It is stated in the Torah that God told Moses: “Send you men” (Numbers 13:2). Reish Lakish says: “Send you” means that you should send them at your own d
The Torah relates that the people asked Moses to send spies so “that they may search the land for us” (Deuteronomy 1:22). R' Ḥiyya bar Abba says: When the Jewish people asked to send spies, their intention was only to shame Eretz Yisrael. It is written here: “That they may search [veyaḥperu] the la
The Torah states with regard to the spies: “And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur” (Numbers 13:4). R' Yitzḥak says: This statement that follows is a tradition of ours that was passed down to us from our ancestors: The spies were named after their actions, but