26 Tamuz, 5769 Vol. 10, No. 38 Parshios Matos-Masei
[the spies]
How can the Nesivos say that the generation of the desert cried because of they lacked a drive for holiness? We know that they cried because they were afraid of the giants living in Canaan! They were surrounded by purity and holiness in the desert. They had just built the Mishkan and no one was afraid or fleeing from its holiness. Their only fear was of bloody wartime defeat at the hands of the Canaanite nations. What connection does that fear have with running away from kedusha?