Chaim kramer discusses the weekly torah portion, parshat shelach, and explains how lashon hara, negative talk, slander against other people and the spies complaints and bad reports against the land of israel, sowed destruction, and gives examples relevant today, especially the news media. God predicts the eventual straying of the israelites. After the levites are appointed caretakers of the dwelling place for god and the sanctuary is anointed. The parashah tells the story of the twelve spies sent to assess the promised land.
In this torah portion, moses sends 12 spies to explore the land of israel. The narrative of the entry of israel into the land. Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the lubavitcher rebbe on. God responds to their lack of confidence by punishing them with 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. Shelach torah reading text of the parshah with hebrew. Moses concludes his speech to the israelites, blesses joshua, and instructs the community to gather every seven years to read publicly from the torah. Sfas emes, zechuso tagein aleinu, parshas shelach, 5631 the sfas emes begins by echoing words of the parsha s first medrash rabba. The parsha lab podcast will challenge, amuse, and delight you as we navigate the weekly torah portion.
Read the full text of parshat shelach lecha in interlinear hebrewenglish. Articles on the weekly torah portion, parsha, from beginner to advanced levels. These weekly torah commentaries are transcribed and emailed worldwide. Most of us are familiar with the main events in parashat shelachthe spies bring an evil. Summary moses sends scouts to explore the land of israel. Parashat shlach is the 37th weekly torah portion in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading. Jts torah online our faculty and teachers bring the depth and breadth of jts learning directly to you through a rich collection of contemporary jewish content, including everything from weekly parashah commentaries to marquee lecture recordings. An interpolated translation and commentary based on the works of the lubavitcher rebbe. Torah for children parshat shelach lecha bible for. Parshat shelach an interpolated translation and commentary based on the works of the lubavitcher rebbe from the teachings of the lubavitcher rebbe. Following the morning davening, rabbi kalatsky offers a brief dvar torah on the parsha of the week. Velveteen rabbis torah commentary this page contains a link to every dvar torah ive written since 2003 at least, every one to which i can currently dig up a working link, sorted by parsha.
Our parsha differentiates between someone who purposely transgresses and commits a sin and someone who does so accidentally or. Haftorah haftarah reading for parsha shelach by rabbi moshe p. In a word, this first unit of four chapters can be entitled. Dvar torah parshat shelach 5773 20 on may 30, 20 by aaron in 4bamidbar, everything, shelach leave a comment we are told. The haftorah begins with yehoshua, the newly appointed successor to moshe rabbeinu sending two special individuals on a secret mission to investigate the land of israel. Many commentaries see the sin of the spies like camus definition of lying, namely, lying is saying more than one knows to be true. Its name comes from the first distinctive words in the parashah, in numbers. Parsha summary haftorah summary haftorah commentary legacy drasha r. When it comes to establishing a connection, the names and images we use make a tremendous difference. We see this in our weekly torah portion, bshalach, where the imagery the israelites use to describe god is striking. Commentary on parashat shelach the daily roundtable. Welcome to the website of rabbi lord jonathan sacks. As the final preparation before embarking on the conquest, the israelites send their most distinguished and refined leaders to scout out the land.
Therefore, a thorough understanding of the torah will help us more fully. Two interpretations for parashat shelach by messianic torah 6120 shelach num. Fear of freedom shelach lecha 5779 fear of freedom shelach lecha 5779 the episode of the spies was one of. Animal welfare ki teitse 5779 ki teitse is about relationships. Love of torah messianic bible study gather the people. Joshua and calev refused to go with the other spies slanderous plan on bad mouthing the land. A nation of storytellers ki tavo 5779 howard gardner, professor of education and psychology at harvard university, is one of the great minds of our time. Forty days later they return, carrying a huge cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, to report on a lush and bountiful land. Hebrew for when he let go, the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah is the sixteenth weekly torah portion, parashah in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the fourth in the book of exodus. The spies learn to value the power and capability of the israelites through encountering local inhabitants. Preorder here sacks has produced a work of extraordinary depth, beauty, urgency, and erudition. Haftorah reading is slow and clear and accompanied with. Nothing in this world is as beloved chaviv to hashem as sheluchei mitzva people who are sent on a mission to do a mitzva who give their all in order to accomplish. Parsha of the week weekly torah printouts yad avraham.
But rashi is bothered by the fact that they did not happen. Take this quiz to see how well you know the parshah of shoftim. Moshe pleaded with hashem not to destroy the nation and so he mitigated their punishment, pardon me for asking, but did you read the parsha or do you find. Shelach is the sixth and lecha is the seventh word in the parashah. The children of israel had just spent almost a year at mount sinai while being miraculously supported by mon, food which fell daily from heaven, and a spring which was always available for the needs of all of the millions of people there, and their flocks and herds. The baraita rejected the plain meaning of built, reasoning that ham would not build a house. Theres also a cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, and various quantities of meal, wine and oil plus what it all means according to mystics and sages from moses time to today. The parsha of shelach opens up with the story of the miraglim. To view an online version of rabbi kalatskys divrei torah. Divrei torah, inspiration, ethics and stories for all ages.
After all, the seven canaanite nations living there had a reputation of being fierce and depraved, and the people were unsure how they would be able to defeat them in battle. Reflections from 12 years after a spouses death jewish. Ten of the spies are scared by what their eyes see. Order now uk order now row, except uscanada out in the uscanada on 1st september 2020. Spiritual spies, weeping jews, quixotic mountain scalers, consecrated dough, wrongly gathered sticks and rightly knotted strings. In the book of kings, we learned how yeravim ben navot became corrupt and instituted a golden calf as he became the head of the ten tribes, in turn stopping the members of his kingdom to go to the temple melachim i 12. Looking at parshat shelach, one sees that the two sides of the debate about the land of israel were essentially talking past each other as well. Join us as we go on a journey to deliver you the kind of jewish commentary on the torah that can be applied to your life today. Since this parsha begins with the miraglim, it implies that these two events are connected.
Twelve years ago, i penned a torah study for the jewish exponents board of rabbis torah column for this weeks portion, shelach lecha from the book. Yisroel ciner kol hakollel dvar torah lifeline edutainment weekly the living law rabbi wein table talk thinking outside the box parsha insights. Parshat shelach lecha has us discovering if the promised land will be flowing with milk and honey, or giants and battles. Weekly torah portion summary, questions, resources 06142012 06. A look at the various parts of the treeroots, trunk, branches, leaves, fruit and seedsand their. Not coincidentally, parshat shelach is usually read just before this month begins, and it revolves around the story of the spies which, as our sages explain, led to the eventual destruction of the holy temple the mourning period for which begins in tammuz.
All male infants are to be circumcised on the eighth day of life. By rabbi cynthia kravitz parshat shelach lecha the torah is a prism through which we see our lives and, like a prism, it has many facets. Never doubt for a moment the tremendous power of language. Shlach, shelach, shlah, shlach lecha, or shlah lkha is the 37th weekly torah portion in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the fourth in the book of numbers. As rav yehudah kil notes in his commentary to joshua. Rashi notes that the previous parsha ended with the story of miriam getting tzaras and being sent out of the camp because she spoke loshon harah about moshe.
Commentary on parashat shelach this week at the jewish journal, parashat shelach is under discussion. Shelach overview n otwithstanding the two delays in the previous parashahone lasting a month and the other a week this parashah opens with the people ready to enter the land of israel. The parshahs of tazria and metzora continue the discussion of the laws of tumah vtaharah, ritual impurity and purity a woman giving birth should undergo a process of purification, which includes immersing in a mikvah a naturally gathered pool of water and bringing offerings to the holy temple. Shlach, shelach, shlah, shlach lecha, or shlah lkha is the 37th weekly torah portion, parashah pericope in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the fourth in the book of numbers. Shlach lcha, the weekly torah portion, begins with the story of the spies sent to scout out the land of canaan. Our parsha differentiates between someone who purposely transgresses and. Parshat shelach a free excerpt from the kehot publication societys chumash bemidbar book of numbers with commentary based on the works of the lubavitcher rebbe. Torah for children parshat shelach lecha bible for kids. Ten of them convince the people that it will be too difficult to conquer the land. Joshua and caleb come back to moses, or moshe, with a different story than the other spies. Moshe commanded to send princes of the tribes to search out kenaan moshe tells. The new book by rabbi lord jonathan sacks out on 12th march 2020. Known unknowns fearful of what lies ahead, the israelites wonder if theyd be better off returning to egypt. Jewish tradition suggests that bnei yisrael the children of israel suddenly became fearful at the prospect of leaving sinai to conquer the promised land.
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