All posts in: Shelach

• Shelach

  7 years ago

  “About-Face”

  It is mind-boggling to contemplate the abrupt about-face on the part of the Jewish people. At the beginning of the parsha, they were planning to enter and miraculously ..

  Written by Oizer Alport
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• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Why here is there a link??

  “Livnay Yosef Livnay Menashe”. Why was Yosef’s name mentioned in conjunction with Menashe and not earlier when mentioning the spy from Shevet Ephraim, ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Good intentions?

  Kulam anashim – kol anashim sheb’mikra lashon chashivus v’osa sha’ah k’sheirim hayu (Rashi) Rashi writes (13:3) that at the time the spies were sent, they ..

  Written by Oizer Alport
• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Why did moshe not daven for Kalev?

  Before the Meraglim left on their mission to Eretz Yisroel, Moshe changed Yehoshua’s name and davened for him to be saved from the Meraglim. Kalev on the other ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Camouflage

  “And Moshe called Hoshea, the son of Nun, Yehoshua” (BeMidbar 13:16). The Gemara explains that by adding the Hebrew letter Yud to the beginning of Hoshea’s ..

  Written by Howard Jackson
• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Whats the Connection between being michalel shabbos and tzitzis

  At the end of the Parsha we find the MiKoshes Eitzin being Michalel Shabbos and then immediately following this is the Parsha of Tzitzis. The Vilna Gaon offers an explanation ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Why did the sages add the last chapter to the Shema??

  Every evening and morning, we say the Shema, Judaism’s supreme declaration of monotheistic faith. In the first passage, we accept upon ourselves the fact of G-d’s ..

  Written by Benjamin Rose
• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Look for Positive in life – Open your eyes

  The spies came back with the report that it was “A land that devours its inhabitants” We know that Hashem purposely made that these funerals happen so the people ..

  Written by Marc Zemmel
• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Make yourself like a mute!

  There is a story that happened in a Jewish community. News began to circulate that the daughter of the butcher (shochet) had gone off the derech (way) and into very ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Shelach

  7 years ago

  Act Now Before Its Too Late

  Aparting from the episode of the spies – Hashem says to the bnei yisroel about the offerings that must be accompanied by gfts of meal-offerings and wine libations. ..

  Written by Marc Zemmel