Parshat Hukkat introduces the new generation, who are meant to triumph in the areas their predecessors failed. However, a cursory glance at our parsha leads to the concerning conclusion that seemingly nothing has changed. The members of the second generation repeat the same mistakes of the previous generation: complaining about food and water, desiring to return to Egypt, among others. However, a closer examination of the text reveals crucial differences between the two generations. 

Generation Entering the Land
The Desert Generation
Complaints of Bnei Yisrael
Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion