What is the relationship between the mitzvah of tzitzit and the Sin of the Spies that precedes it? What links these two episodes with the previous ones – the travels of the camp, Moshe and Hovav, and the complaints about the manna? The tzitzit reminds Bnei Yisrael that they need to put their trust in God. The Sin of the Spies stemmed from a simplistic perception of reality, instead of a spiritual one. The sin might also relate to Moshe’s request of Hovav: “Please, do not leave us… you shall be our eyes.”