PARSHAS SHELACH

  • Rabbi Moshe Rockove
  • October 25, 2021
  • 4:25 pm
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Summary of Parshas Shelach
This week's parsha, Sh’lach, recounts a pivotal episode in the Jewish People's journey through the desert. As the Jewish People prepare to enter the Land of Israel, they send twelve eminent leaders to survey the Promised Land, ten of whom return with negative reports. Caleb and Joshua are the only ones who speak well of […]
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  • Rabbi Mayer Erps
  • March 3, 2020
  • 6:36 pm
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The Spice of Life- Parshas Shelach
If you were to venture into the kitchen and start exploring the contents of each cabinet, you would most likely chance upon a cabinet whose contents contain numerous containers of spices. You may ask yourself, “What is the point of all this? Food can be cooked and served as is, why the need for spice? […]
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  • Rabbi Mayer Erps
  • March 3, 2020
  • 6:27 pm
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In Uniform- Parshas Shelach
In the summer of 2005 I had the privilege of serving as a Rabbi in a sleepaway camp in the Pocono Mountains. My job entailed giving classes to a group of young, energetic teenagers who worked as the camp’s waiters. One day, the head waiter approached me with a request. Being a Torah-observant camp, the […]
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  • Rabbi Yitzchok Oratz
  • September 17, 2019
  • 5:54 pm
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Like Grasshoppers – Parshas Shelach
I ran away from school crying on my very first day of first grade. Why, you ask? Was the teacher a strict disciplinarian? A cruel tyrant who caused innocent children to cry? Actually he was a kind and gentle man. I ran away because he gave me too much recess.  HUH?!? Let me explain. My […]
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