Undercover Disciple

BH Dear Rabbi Kaplan, Thank you for such a powerful shiur!

Rabbi Kaplan, I will follow the leader. I don't know everything and I still love to be a student everyday. I have not lost the spark that lights our purpose. Just please don't ask me to break the 7 Noahide Laws and everything is great.

I have an answer to my own question, quoting here:

Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky, in his work Emes L'Yaakov, also supports this view of the Kli Yakar [that G-d would have "preferred" that Moshe send women rather than "anashim" - men]. When the Torah mentions that Moshe changed Yehoshua's name from "Hoshea" to "Yehoshua," Rashi explains that the addition was to protect him from the spies. Rav Yaakov then asks why wasn't Kaleiv's name changed. After all, he should need divine protection as well. Rav Yaakov then responds by saying that Kaleiv had a righteous wife (Miriam) who would be a source of protection for him. In contrast, the bachelor Yehoshua (who had not yet met his future wife Rachav) would be more vulnerable to their negative influences.

Rabbi Kaplan,
First, thank you so much for all your wonderful classes. In light of Rashi's (first) question, why does the story of the spies follow the story of Miriam, isn't it worth inspecting the connection between Calev and Miriam, i.e., that they were married to each other? Is there any commentary on this along the lines of your lecture?
Thank you.

Rabbi Gordon and his online classes are talking about this very subject. Great talk as usual. Truly G-d blesses all of us with such Torah knowledge, great job Rabbi Kaplan.

Thanks Rabbi - we enjoyed it! Sorry we couldnt make it in person this week