Thanks, NOMTW. I haven’t posted anything new lately as I haven’t had time. But I will try to get back on it soon. I hope the end of your fast went ok and that you’re feeling alright now.
So glad to see you back here, Think first. I’m sorry, I haven’t seen the presentation. I hope you are doing well.
Hi, SaysMe, I’m feeling good, thanks! Hope you’re well.
I’d like to share something that my mom told me over shabbos. Rashi says that by the episode of the meraglim, a major problem was the way the Jewish people gave their request to Moshe Rabeinu. They all clamored over one another, pushing their way up to Moshe Rabbeinu. The young ones pushed aside the older ones, and the older ones pushed aside the officers. There was a lack of kavod, a lack of respect, for one another. A lack of proper conduct, derech eretz. And the Kli Yakar says that this disrespect we still see today (meaning, in his time), and that is what caused us to be punished with the destruction of 2 temples. Because we didn’t have respect for others.
And if in the Kli Yakar’s time, they didn’t have proper respect, imagine how much worse the situation is today. Young children and teens being disrespectful to their parents, young adults being disrespectful to older adults, older adults being disrespectful to the elderly. In our society, we applaud the newest, freshest piece of technology and discard the old without a thought, and that unfortunately creeps into our mindset regrading people too.