Parasha Shlach (Send): Minding What We Hear

June 13, 2014 In Parasha Shlach, 12 spies (m'raglim) are dispatched into the land of Canaan to spy out the land that God promised to give them as their new home. They returned with huge clusters of grapes, since it was the season of the first ripe grapes, which coincides with the months of July and August. Although each of the spies acknowledged the bounty in the Land, they also reported that strong, violent giants lived there, spreading fear and doubt among the children of Israel, saying: “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.” (Numbers 13:32)

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Parasha Shlach (Send): The Effect of an Evil Report

May 31, 2013 After scouting out the land, they were impressed by the capacity of the land to sustain life, but 10 of the leaders believed that it would be impossible to conquer the land because the inhabitants were mighty. Their "evil report" caused the people of Israel to become discouraged and fearful to go in and possess the land.

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Parasha Shlach (Send): The Twelve Spies – Why We Should Refuse to Entertain an Evil Report

June 15, 2012 In this week’s Parasha, Moses sent 12 leaders into the land of Canaan on a fact finding-mission. These leaders were to scout Canaan to discover the physical nature of the land and the feasibility of a military conquest, and bring back a report to Moses and the Israelites.

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