Shlach
Spies and Climbers
Posted by Rabbi Avi Heller | Tags: Shlach
I remember being in Israel during the hot summer of 2005. The whole country was tensely debating the question of Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza. Everywhere you looked, there were orange banners flying and the slogan "yehudi lo megaresh yehudi.[1]" Even those who supported the...
My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Sh'lah-Lekha (2)
Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Shlach
God has a major complaint against the Israelites in the wake of the story of the spies in Parshah Sh'lach L'cha. "How long will the people spurn Me, and how long will they have no faith in Me despite all the signs that I have performed in their midst?" (Num. 14:11). Today we would call it a...
My video divrei Torah on parasha Shlach by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg
Posted by Jonathan Ginsburg | Tags: Shlach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS9_bI1MNUI
My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Sh'lah-Lekha
Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Shlach
You probably know the old joke in which the rabbi prostrates himself before the Ark on Yom Kippur declaring, “Forgive me, I am nothing.” The cantor joins him, saying, “Forgive me, I too am nothing.” The shamash follows suit: “Forgive me, I am nothing,” leading the cantor to nudge the rabbi, “Look...
