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The essence of the matter is that Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our Teacher) led the generation of the wilderness, and if they had merited, they would have brought about a holy Tikkun (rectification) for the Land of Israel. They would have corrected all the defects caused by the sin of the Tree of Knowledge, making it whole from all sides. Consequently, all the existing corruptions, such as the sin of the Golden Calf, would have been nullified.

Furthermore, all the Klipot (shells) would have been nullified, and the essence of the Erev Rav (mixed multitude) would have been nullified as well, because all this stems from the mixture of good and evil of the sin of the Tree of Knowledge, as it is stated in the Zohar [Zohar, Bereshit, Parashat Bereshit, page 26a]: "And from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat." The seven nations would have been nullified by themselves, and there would have been no need for the commandment of war to endanger the people of Israel to conquer them from the Holy Land, because the holiness would have overflowed and melted their hearts, expelling them by themselves.

However, the world did not merit this, and the spies failed. Instead of elevating the Tikkun and illuminating the world with complete and true redemption, they darkened the world and brought the situation to a corruption whose end is still not seen. And the people wept that night, returning to the wilderness, speaking slander about the Holy Land, and distancing the long-awaited and anticipated Tikkun.

Yet, it is still necessary to understand in which aspect they failed, perhaps it was in the aspect of the Ari (Rabbi Isaac Luria) in the Tree of Life (Etz Chaim) where they stumbled, bowed, and fell. This might provide a slight Tikkun for their error and hasten the complete redemption.