For heaven’s sake!

Q: What did the waiter ask the group of Jewish mothers?
A: Is anything OK?

So the Jews have done it again, and this time they messed up big time. Check this out: Moshe sends spies to check out the land of Israel and the status of its people, and to plan the tactics of conquering the land. It’s an innocent little mission, nothing major.
And lo and behold, for some strange reason, the Spies mess it all up – they freak the Jews out, telling them about giants who live in Israel and are more powerful than G-d himself! A country that eats up its inhabitants! Of course, all the Jews burst out crying with their now-familiar complaint: “Why did you take us out of Egypt? We would rather die…!”
Hashem is furious, and He punishes the Jews with some of the greatest punishments in our history, such as the destruction of both Holy Temples and the death of all adults of that generation, to name but a few.
Why? Can’t the Jews ever stop complaining? Is it never OK? Can’t you leave G-d alone for once?
The explanation is very profound. The truth is that the spies, who, by the way, were some of the most righteous people of that generation, saw the life that awaited their brethren upon entering the land – physical work, toil, sweat, and back-breaking labor. They thought to themselves that it would be much better to simply stay in the dessert, living from G-d’s hand, experiencing holiness and spirituality all day long.
Yet Hashem didn’t appreciate their divine and lofty aspirations, because man’s mission in this world is to work with the land, and permeate this mundane world with holiness, not to live a “spiritual,” Indian-style existence; for that, Hashem has angels…
So let’s focus on the mission of our generation and not be turned off course by seemingly lofty reasons.
And the mission is: To do all we can, starting from a small but vital positive act, to bring Moshiach now!