Posts Tagged: Shelach Lecha
Moses and the Spies: Confidence Leads to Peace and Prosperity
Moses was instructed by God to send men to go on a tour of the Land of Canaan. He did not call them spies, as...
The 12 Spies and the Coronavirus: What Stories Do We Tell?
In March 2020, whilst launching a new book, I took part in a BBC radio program along with Mervyn King, who had been governor of...
Why We Fear Freedom — Shelach Lecha
The episode of the spies is one of the most tragic in the entire Torah. Who sent them and to what end is not entirely...
Parsha Shelach Lecha: Seeing What Isn’t There
In Philadelphia, there lives a gentle, gracious, grey-haired man, by now in his late-90s, whom Elaine and I have had the pleasure of meeting several...
Overcoming the Fear of Success
One of the most powerful addresses I ever heard was given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, on this week’s parsha: the story...
Why Do We Need Reminders to Act Morally?
You are driving ever so slightly above the speed limit. You see a police car in your rear view mirror. You slow down. You know...
