The Refugees are our Human Family: Newsletter for Parashat Shlach Lecha

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The affair of sending the people to spy out the Land of Canaan is an unsolved issue in the life of Moses. Years later, in Deuteronomy, when he summarizes his life work, he looks at this strange affair of sending the people to spy out the Land of Canaan and he wonders why he did it. Read the Dvar Torah of Rabbi Saar Shaked. Continue reading

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The Self Examination of Moses: Dvar Torah of parashat Shlach Lecha

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The affair of sending the people to spy out the Land of Canaan is an unsolved issue in the life of Moses. Years later, in Deuteronomy, when he summarizes his life work, he looks at this strange affair of sending the people to spy out the Land of Canaan and he wonders why he did it. Continue reading

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The Spies Affair

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In our Parasha Rabbi Moshe Yehudai wrote about the “Spies Affair” and its influence of some Zionist leaders, who, like Caleb and Joshua, disrespected the local residents of the land. Continue reading

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