Live It Up + Tisha B'Av

Rashi says the meraglim were the finest men of the nation. So how did they come back with a report that cost a generation Eretz Yisrael, while Rachav, who started far below them, became the mother of prophets and kings? Rav Yerucham of Mir reads Parshas Devarim with a message for anyone who judges their own Yiddishkeit by where they stand right now.A man watches his new neighbor water the same patch of bare earth every day for years, until one day he can't recognize his own street. Then a short thought for anyone who finds it hard to miss a Beis HaMikdash they never saw.