Shelach Lecha archive
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Shelach Lecha: How not to use the Torah
Transcript It is possible for a person to be an expert in Torah law without practising any of it. For example, this could be an academic who has studied the Read more... -
Shelach: The Torah’s antidote to an inferiority complex
Transcript: What is the Torah’s antidote to an inferiority complex? In Parshat Shelach Lecha, we are told how the meraglim, the spies, returned from the Promised Land. Ten out of Read more... -
Shelach Lecha: Sometimes, blind people see more
Transcript Blind people can sometimes see more than everyone else. At the beginning of Parshat Shelach Lecha (Bamidbar 13:18) an instruction is given to the spies who were about to Read more... -
D’var Torah: Shelach Lecha
When did an entire nation suffer from low self-esteem? Parshat Shelach-Lecha tells us how the meraglim, the 12 spies, returned from the land of Cana’an. Ten of them delivered Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Shelach Lecha
Challah is so much more that just a loaf of bread… Why do we call our loaves of bread ‘challah’? The term ‘challah’ comes from a root which means ‘weakness’, Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Shelach Lecha
In this week’s D’var Torah for Shelach Lecha, the Chief Rabbi describes the significance today of one small letter in a name. Have you ever heard of a letter transplant? Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Shelach Lecha
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi asks: What blessing can one give to someone who is blessed with everything? People are like trees. This is a message Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Shelach Lecha
There is an intriguing connection between the opening and closing passages of this week’s parasha, which the Chief Rabbi explains in his D’var Torah. Jewish men are not obliged to Read more...
