Show Notes
Parshat Shelach teaches us many important ideas we would do well to remember today.
Even righteous people, in high-status positions and wielding great power, can become corrupt. The spies were the Nesiim of the nation, and yet they slandered the land of Israel.
Moshe was extraordinarily patient with Bnei Yisrael. Even though they kept on making major mistakes, Moshe always defended them to God and advocated on their behalf. All of us would do well to try to incorporate the trait of patience into our own lives.
The mitzvah of hafrashat challah teaches us to think of the needs of others even while we are tending to our own. Before we eat our bread, we separate out a portion for the kohen.
Tzitzit are like a soldier's uniform- something that reminds boys and men of their status, and helps them to avoid committing a sin.
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In the last parsha of the Torah, V'Zot HaBracha, Moshe dies. But what matters is not that he died- rather, the way he died. Moshe approached God alone. There were no adoring crowds. No family surrounding him. It was just the man and his Maker. And this is something that will happen to us all. We will all, ultimately, approach God. The question to be answered is simply this: have we lived a life that we are proud to show to God?
This week's parsha, Haazinu, is actually a song! Moshe wanted to make sure that the core ideas of Judaism would be accessible to everyone, whether or not they were able to read. In this song, we focus on some important ideas. These include: