Tikkun--Chet HaMeraglim, The Sin of the Spies

Rafi G tagged me with a special request. The originator of this meme is Nefesh B'Nefesh, the organization doing everything to promote aliyah from North America and Europe.

I'm not going to send out letter tagging bloggers, but I hope you'll take on the challenge.

The Chet HaMeraglim, The Sin of the Spies was when ten of the tribal leaders sent off to "scout the Land" came back with very pessimistic, negative reports. They insisted that it would be impossible for the Jewish People to live here. Only Yehoshua and Calev insisted that it was possible to live here.

As a "Tikkun," correction, I have to list 12 wonderful things about living here.

1. Our National Holidays are Jewish.
2. It is legal and acceptable to use Hebrew dates on checks.
3. Words of prayers are sometimes the lyrics of popular songs.
4. There are apartment houses specially designed so each apartment can have a kosher succah.
5. It's easy to discover that important historical figures are just ordinary people.
6. History is all over the country.* I hope to illustrate it with a photo.
7. Jews from all over the world live here, a true Jewish "melting pot."
8. The Hebrew language has come back to life, and yes, part of the living language is adding new terms.
9. The acceptability for men in public life to grow beards during the month of mourning a close relative, the "three weeks" and "sfira." And they still appear on TV and go to official events.
10. The fact that I live where the Jewish People became a true nation, Shiloh.
11. Being able to ask a shopkeeper if a kitchen item needs to be toveled in the mikvah. (OK, this happens in Jerusalem and other more religious places.)
12. A Jew can be anything here, bus driver, plumber, professor, nurse, carpenter, etc.