Parshat Shelach begins with the sins of the spies who spoke in a denigrating fashion about Eretz Yisrael.
Because the spies gave their negative report on the night of Tisha B'Ab, and the Jewish people cried bitterly, fearing their fate, Hashem decreed that the night of Tisha B'Ab would be observed as a day of mourning for generations since the destructions of the First and Second Temples would occur on that day.
An excerpt from an email I received from http://www.dailyhalacha.com/ by Rabbi Eli Mansour, states the following:
"The Sages also found an allusion to the sin of the Meragelim in Megilat Echa, which we read on Tisha B'Ab. The first four chapters of Echa follow the sequence of the Hebrew alphabet, as the first verse (or group of verses) of each chapter begins with the letter Alef, and the second begins with Bet, and so on. Curiously, however, the letter Peh appears (in chapters 2,3,4) before the letter Ayin, despite the fact that Ayin precedes Peh in the alphabet. The Gemara explains that this deviation from the normal sequence alludes to the sin of the Meragelim. The word "Peh" means "mouth," and the word "Ayin" means "eye." The letter "Peh" is placed before the "Ayin" to indicate that the scouts "spoke with their mouths that which their eyes did not see." Rather than telling Beneh Yisrael what they saw with their eyes, they placed their mouths before their eyes, so-to-speak, speaking about that which their eyes did not see...
The spies sinned, however, by "placing their mouths before their eyes" - by going into Eretz Yisrael with a negative predisposition toward the land.
An excerpt from an email I received from http://www.dailyhalacha.com/ by Rabbi Eli Mansour, states the following:
"The Sages also found an allusion to the sin of the Meragelim in Megilat Echa, which we read on Tisha B'Ab. The first four chapters of Echa follow the sequence of the Hebrew alphabet, as the first verse (or group of verses) of each chapter begins with the letter Alef, and the second begins with Bet, and so on. Curiously, however, the letter Peh appears (in chapters 2,3,4) before the letter Ayin, despite the fact that Ayin precedes Peh in the alphabet. The Gemara explains that this deviation from the normal sequence alludes to the sin of the Meragelim. The word "Peh" means "mouth," and the word "Ayin" means "eye." The letter "Peh" is placed before the "Ayin" to indicate that the scouts "spoke with their mouths that which their eyes did not see." Rather than telling Beneh Yisrael what they saw with their eyes, they placed their mouths before their eyes, so-to-speak, speaking about that which their eyes did not see...
The spies sinned, however, by "placing their mouths before their eyes" - by going into Eretz Yisrael with a negative predisposition toward the land.
....The Sages speak of a quality called "Tob Ayin," which literally means, "good eye." It means looking for the positive aspects of every person and every situation, rather than focusing one's attention on the negative. The lesson of the scouts is that two people can see the same event and interpret it in two different ways. Ten of the twelve scouts saw a land that was unconquerable and undesirable. Kaleb and Yehoshua, however, saw a land full of promise. It's all a matter of perception, through which lenses a person chooses to view the situation.
....We must all train ourselves in this skill of seeing the positive, viewing our peers and our lives from an upbeat, optimistic angle. One way of accomplishing this is to make a point of giving a compliment at least once or twice a day, and to greet people cheerfully and wish them well."
....We must all train ourselves in this skill of seeing the positive, viewing our peers and our lives from an upbeat, optimistic angle. One way of accomplishing this is to make a point of giving a compliment at least once or twice a day, and to greet people cheerfully and wish them well."
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