Category: Shelach Lecha

WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG? (VIDEO)

One of the greatest puzzles of the post-Exodus narrative is the story in Shelach of... Read More

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EMPATHY IS NOT ENOUGH

Let me start out by declaring an interest in the subject of this article –... Read More

BEWARE OF GOD-BELIEVING HERESY

Earlier this week thousands of Satmar Hasidim gathered at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island,... Read More

GOOD OR EVIL? MAKE UP YOUR MIND

The tragic story of the spies dominates Parshat Shlach. Twelve Israelite princes were dispatched to... Read More

THE DANGER OF HUBRIS

This Tuesday morning we only had nine men for shacharit -- until a few moments... Read More

HOW THE SPIES GOT IT WRONG

The most tragic episode of all for the Exodus generation was the story of the... Read More

THE DANGERS OF GROUP DYNAMICS

A couple of months ago I wrote a piece about the German-born social psychologist, Kurt... Read More

TWO SETS OF SPIES FORTY YEARS APART

Parshat Shelach contains the sad story of the Meraglim, the twelve spies sent by Moshe... Read More