Wine & Wisdom - Parshat Shelach | "Live Free or Die" is What G-d Wants

“LIVE FREE OR DIE” IS WHAT G-D WANTS
The Watershed Moment When Truly Choosing G-d Was Born
It would seem that it’s a binary choice: doing what I want, or doing what G-d wants. But G-d’s ambivalent reply to the Jew’s request to send spies teaches us that if we work hard enough, we can get the best of both worlds.