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hello everybody i am in the beautiful
uh river pratt nachoprat here in the
judean desert
a little north and a little east of
jerusalem
wow
this week's torah portion is parashat
that's when the sin of the spies happens
that's when jews coming out of egypt out
of slavery are about to enter the land
of israel and they send these spies in
to check it out and give a military
report but they come out saying we can't
do it we're afraid the people of the
land are too strong and we're like
grasshoppers in our eyes and we were
grasshoppers in their eyes and it's a
whole package of fear fear fear that
fear
was taught to the rest of the children
of israel they cried they cried they
rejected the land of israel god was very
angry sent them into the desert for the
next 40 years to switch generations
until the a brave reborn
ready to take the land of israel
generation was ready to take the mantle
what an opportunity missed we live in a
time when we're coming back to the land
of israel and there's so many efforts
out there to scare us so many things
they want to tell us you can't do it
uh it's not your land you're a thief
you're an occupier you're an apartheid
state uh you've uh what else all the
various excuses make peace do this that
give it away you're actually not a
jewish state your state of all its
peoples and a million other excuses a
million other fears out there that want
us not to take up our land the answer
that caleb and joshua gave california
yeshua bannon gave to the jewish people
is
the land is good the land is so so good
it's so good because it's just plain
good but then there's another good which
is overcome all the stuff that makes you
afraid makes you think it's bad
i am here with my friend with my buddy
in the desert enjoying this amazing
water and i want to bless you the
blessings of the good land the land of
blessings and especially
shabbat shalom and don't be afraid don't
let the enemies fake us out this is a
good land and we're coming home