by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 11, 2023 | Shelach
This week’s portion focuses primarily on the Sin of the Spies, which results in God’s decree that the Israelites must wander in the desert for forty years instead of entering the land of Israel directly. It also includes details regarding a number of laws, such as the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 24, 2022 | Israel, Repentance, Shelach
We’ve all done it; despite all of our good intentions, we make a bad mistake and we hurt someone we love. Full of regret, we apologize. But sometimes, apologies aren’t enough. When a borrowed car is returned with a bent fender, a trip to the auto-repair shop...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 21, 2022 | Israel, Shelach
If one night, while watching television, a booming voice came down from heaven, identified itself as God, and told you to pick up and move, would you do it? Would you still hesitate if that voice performed astounding miracles, guided you through dangers, and sustained...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 20, 2022 | Antisemitism, Israel, Miracles, Shelach
For over 2,000 years, the people of Israel were scattered throughout the world, always vulnerable to the machinations and attacks of their enemies. With the modern miracle of the Jewish people’s return to the Land of Israel, this dynamic was supposed to change. With...
