The teaching
In this week's Torah portion, twelve spies — each a leader of his tribe — are sent to survey the land. It ends in a tragedy that still reverberates today.
Ten spies gave a fearful account — seeing themselves as grasshoppers among giants. But Calev and Yehoshua said it's a good land... let's go, we can do it. Same facts. Opposite conclusions.
Fear doesn't just distort reality... it rewrites it entirely. In Tai Chi we call this collapse — fear pulls you inward, where you dissolve and shrink.
How did Calev find his strength? He visited the graves of the forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He gained great courage from connecting to his roots.
Plant your feet. Breathe and root. Feel the Torah power of positive thinking.
