In this session, we will continue with our investigation in the Talmudic period literature to try to understand where Hazal thought the lack of faith originated that led to the tragic decree forbidding the entire generation of adults who left Egypt from entering the Land of Israel. Was it with the people themselves, or the influence of the spies?
In the second part of the session, we will see if there is relevant information for this query in the Talmudic explanations of the words of the meraglim as they reported their findings to Moshe and the people.
For your convenience I have posted here sources for the second part of this session. The sources for the first part of the session were in the material posted for last week’s session (number 4) and you can access them there.