Shelach 5769 - June 19, 2009
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Meditations on a Tuna Sandwich
By Aron Moss
Making tuna sandwiches is a holy activity--one that dates back to the times of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem |
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A Shabbat on the Battlefield that Saved My Life
By Shmuel Gurewicz
Prior to the next Shabbat, the commanding officer, Victor, announced that ten percent of the soldiers could go home for Shabbat, a twenty-four hour leave. Unfortunately, the truck that came to take us back to civilization arrived twenty-five minutes before Shabbat began. |
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A Bridge to Somewhere
Part II (Messages 11 to 21)
By Eliezer Shemtov and Dr. "Mario Grinberg"
As far as my level of mitzvot is concerned, what is a mitzvah? Doing the right thing? Not being a bad person? I always try to do that. Does one need religion for that? |
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Judaism and Vegetarianism
By Baruch S. Davidson
For better or for worse, meat is an undeniable favorite on the kosher menu. Is this good? Let’s have a look . . . |
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Do Autistic Children Have Special Souls?
By Yehuda Shurpin
I am the mother of two autistic children. I love them both dearly, but as any parent of children with special needs will tell you, raising them is challenging and can often be full of disappointment, hurt and frustration... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Shelach - Numbers 13-15
Overly spiritual spies, the first Tisha B’Av, quixotic mountain scalers, consecrated dough, wrongly gathered sticks and rightly knotted strings, and quantities of meal, wine and oil . . . |
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How Truth Got a Life
. . . and how a big truth got real
By Tzvi Freeman
The other morning, I woke up to discover a little truth. At least, it seemed like a truth to me, but I wanted to make sure. I figured a good philosopher could help me with that . . . |
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The Vacuum of Choice
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
On whose initiative were the Spies sent? The way the story is told in Numbers 13, it was by Divine command. But when Moses recounts these events 40 years later, he tells the people of Israe it was their idea. The contradiction descibes a watershed in the history of Freedom of Choice |
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On Life's Terms
By Rabbi Ben A.
Like the scouts, we were tragically mistaken. G‑d desires that He be found in reality. Whether or not we are up to the task is irrelevant. It is not on our power that we rely, but on His... |
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The Grasshopper Complex
By Elisha Greenbaum
The true tragedy may be that the whole sorry spy saga might have been averted with just one counseling session by a good management consultant or psychologist... |
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Three Challenges
By Yitschak Meir Kagan
We too face the discouraging "reports" from our own internl "spies," who try to induce fear, using three primary arguments. Here's how to answer them... |
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The Power of the Beginning
By Tali Loewenthal
The portion of challah that is separated is not just a reminder of our past, but even more importantly, a lesson for the present and the future |
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