1)

What are the implications of the double expression "Yitamu ve'Sham Yamusu"?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: "Yitamu" refers to the current generation, who were destined to perish in the desert, and "ve'Sham Yamusu", to future generations, who would go into exile 'in the desert of the nations' - on account of the sin of the Meraglim. 1

2.

Sanhedrin, 110b: It implies that the Dor ha'Midbar have no portion in Olam in Olam ha?Ba and will not arise on the day of judgement. 2

1

Refer to 14:31:1:1.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 23. This is the opinion of R. Akiva. R. Eliezer however, maintains that the Dor ha'Midbar ultimately regained their portion in Olam ha'Ba - See Oznayim la'Torah on Pasuk 28, in the latter part of DH 'Yiplu Pigreichem'.

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