Threads of Eternity - The Woodchopper, the Tzitzit, and the Power of Mitzvot - Shelach

 The Torah tells us:      “And thechildren of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gatheringsticks on the Sabbath day…”  וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר, וַיִּמְצְאוּ אִישׁמְקֹשֵׁשׁ עֵצִים, בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת (במדבר ט״ו:ל״ב)     He is brought before Moshe. He is warned. And when herefuses to stop, he is judged — and ultimately executed.      “And theentire assembly removed him to the outside of the camp and stoned him withstones, and he died, as Hashem had commanded Moshe.”  וַיּוֹצִיאוּ אֹתוֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָה אֶל־מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה, וַיִּרְגְּמוּאֹתוֹ בָאֲבָנִים וַיָּמֹת, כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה׳ אֶת־מֹשֶׁה (שם ט״ו:ל״ו)     Immediately following this episode comes the mitzvah oftzitzit:      “Speak tothe Children of Israel and say to them that they shall make for themselvesfringes on the corners of their garments…”  דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶםצִיצִת עַל־כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶם לְדֹרֹתָם… (שם ט״ו:ל״ח)     Why this juxtaposition?