By Rabbi Daniel A. Kripper
Beth Israel - Aruba
The well known event of the spies (Numbers, chapter 13) constitutes a revealing chapter of the Hebrew Bible, on the crucial consequences of our belief system.
The children of Israel found themselves in the wilderness, moving slowly towards the land of Canaan, the Promised Land. Full of uncertainty and fear regarding their future, and under Moses’ command, a reconnaissance mission is sent, made up by twelve conspicuous representatives of the different tribes, to the purpose of traveling around the country, so as to observe the land’s characteristics and attributes and those of the people who inhabited it.

