Now You Know.... The word, “meraglim,” spies, comes from the root of ‘regel,’ meaning legs. The spies traveled on foot and went where their legs carried them. Legs connote support of a person. They are his independence because they allow him to move on his own without the help of others. When someone has a valid interest in a court case we say he has, “standing.” Chazal say, “Sheker ain la raglayim,” falsehood has no legs. This means that there is no true basis to lies, and if shaken enough they will topple on their own. They have no true foundation so they are easily disproven. However, there is another way of applying this concept which is much more telling. As we said, legs reference freedom of movement, the ability to walk away. One way to identify falsehood is by recognizing that it often takes away this ability and refuses to be ignored. It often comes with such “irrefutable proofs” that you have no choice but to accept it as truth. In other words, you no longer have “legs” with which to walk away from it. Truth is much more subtle. It can be proved only to one looking for the truth. One who needs to be convinced will almost never be convinced because truth always offers people a way out. Unlike falsehood, it retains its “legs.”
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:04:14 +0000
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