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Shelach

Video
Love and Fear: A Heart-to-Heart Conversation

If everything is about love, who needs fear? Watch a candid discussion between them.
Your Questions
Can AI Replace Rabbis?

Although AI can provide Torah knowledge and data, it will never replace the function of a rabbi, a human being who possesses a heart and soul, and is assisted by G-d.
On the Calendar
Recalling the Rebbe's Arrival on American Shores

Morale was low, assimilation was on the rise, and the future looked bleak. The Rebbe taught us to turn it all around.
18 Facts About the “12 Spies”

Moses sent 12 spies to Canaan; 10 gave negative reports, causing 40 years of wandering.
10 Questions: Take the Spies Debacle Quiz

Dive into the biblical account of the spies and discover what you know.
Voices
4 Lessons From a Birthday Gone Wrong

I tried to stay positive, but it was hard. I knew how blessed I was and I felt G‑d telling me to slow down. “But G‑d,” I asked, “so slow? So quiet? It’s lonely in this space!”
Helping Our Son Conquer His Fear of Overnight Camp

Acceptance opens new realities, both physically and spiritually. It allows G‑d in.
Spaetzle: If You Make It, Be Sure to Share It!

I cannot separate my identity from my past, residing happily in my European and American Jewish worlds
Parshah
What the Three Definitions of Challah Taught Me

When we do good, lots of good, we may be lured into a sense of entitlement. I gave 20% to charity; I can now buy whatever I want with the rest, without regard for social responsibility. I volunteered at the school for two hours; I am now entitled to laze around for the rest of the week . . .
For Your Shelach Hakhel Group (PDF)
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
Story
Logs, Rain, and a Rebbe's Promise

“You want me to bring rain?” the Rebbe replied in surprise. “Am I G-d? The Talmud tells us that G-d holds three keys tightly in His hands—and one of them is rain!”
Lifestyle
A potter does not examine defective vessels, because a single blow would break them. What then does he examine? Only the sound vessels, for he will not break them even with many blows. Similarly, G-d tests not the wicked but the righteous.
— Midrash Rabbah