The Jews in the desert were a-complainin'!
They want FLEISHIGS!!!!
מי יאכלנו בשר. וְכִי לֹא הָיָה לָהֶם בָּשָׂר? וַהֲלֹא כְּבָר נֶאֱמַר "וְגַם עֵרֶב רַב עָלָה אִתָּם וְצֹאן וּבָקָר" וְגוֹ' (שמות י"ב), וְאִ"תֹּ אֲכָלוּם, וַהֲלֹא בִּכְנִיסָתָן לָאָרֶץ נֶאֱמַר "וּמִקְנֶה רַב הָיָה לִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן" וְגוֹ' (במדבר ל"ב)? אֶלָּא שֶׁמְּבַקְשִׁים עֲלִילָה (ספרי):
מי יאכלנו בשר WHO SHALL GIVE US MEAT TO EAT? — But did they not have meat? Has it not been already stated, (Exodus 12:38) “and a mixed multitude went up with them and flocks and herds, [even very much cattle]”?! If you say, “They had already eaten them”, then I reply, “But is it not stated at a later period, when they were about to enter the Land, (Numbers 32:1), “Now the children of Reuven had cattle in a very great multitude”? But the truth is that they were only seeking a pretext (Sifrei Bamidbar 86).
Great. They were seeking an excuse to complain. But the excuse has to have some basis in reality?! Here there was none!!! They had PLENTY of meat!!
Rav Charlap ztz"l [מי מרום י"ט עמ' נ"ג]: When a person is in the clutches of his desires he will say even the most illogical things. תאוה eliminates דעת.
That would explain the seemingly inexplicable phenomenon that for a few minutes of pleasure in bed, people are willing to risk losing their - wife, children, house and loads of money - in addition to all of the heartache. Where is your seichel, dude??
Gone. History. A relic of the past. Right now he has one thing and that is תאוה.
It also explains why people who are VERY comfortable are willing to risk being put in a cage for many years in order to steal money THEY DON'T NEED!! Why? Are they NUTS??
At that moment - yes. Once they have תאות ממון all rational thinking goes out the window. They want money and won't let that "slight impediment" that it will ruin their lives [not to mention the fact that it is unethical] get in the way.
כח התאוה!!!!!!!!!!!!
