Parshas Chukas

Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R' Yisroel Menachem..... In perek chaf alef posuk lamud beis it says, "Vayishlach Moshe lirageil es Yazeir vayilcidu binoseha vayoresh es ha'Emori asher sham."  "Moshe sent people to spy out Yazeir and they conquered its suburbs, and he drove away the Amorite that was there."  The Medrash Rabah explains that Moshe sent out the Meraglim to spy out Yazeir and they were mizareiz and took it upon themselves to capture it.  They said, "We are confident in the Tefila of Moshe, and the last time miraglim were sent they caused tremendous destruction.  We will not do like them, rather we believe in Hashem and will wage war now."  They waged war and they conquered the land.  Its mashma from Chazal that the reason why the Miraglim waged war in this case, was because they were afraid that they may end up following in the footsteps of the previous miraglim and wreak havoc on Klal Yisroel.  The Rosh Yeshivah ztl asks, what were the Miraglim afraid of?  They knew where they were holding and that they were ma'aminim Ba'Hashem, so why were they afraid of following in the previous Miraglim's footsteps?  He explains, that the Miraglim were full believers in Hashem, however they were afraid that they would lose their level of emunah and in their weakened state follow in the footsteps of the Miraglim before them.  A persons battle with their yetzer harah is constant, and the yetzer harah is constantly strengthening itself to try to win.  Therefore, the Miraglim didn't trust themselves in the fight against the Yetzer Harah, rather they immediately waged war against the inhabitants.  This zrizus is what Chazal is praising them for.  They understood how tough the battle with the yetzer harah is, and therefore acted accordingly.  We see how important it is not to convince ourselves that we have reached a madreiga where certain nisyonos can not reach us anymore.  There is no such thing as being above and beyond, no such thing as being untouchable.  As long as we are alive the yetzer harah will be in top gear trying to bring us down, but as long as we keep that in mind and know that we have not overcome him completely, we can hopefully have the strength to continue winning and growing... Good Shabbos