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The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Parshat Shelach in 1974. It concerns the story of the Spies entering the Land of Canaan. The discourse expolains that they have a mission to elevate the...
The Rebbe taught this discourse for Sedra Shelach (about sending the spies) in 1965. Two very spiritual reasons are given for their reluctance to enter the Holy Land. The discussion helps us...
The incident of the twelve Spies who brought a bad report about the Land of Israel is well known. This discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Shelach in 1988 discusses their spiritual...
This discourse of 1966 explains that the spies claimed we can never achieve the ultimate goal, But Kalev claimed that we can, through our bond with Moses.
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 June 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat of Sedra Shelach, 1987. This explores the account of the Libations to be offered in the Temple,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (28 May 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Shelach, 1983. This discusses the passage in the Sedra concerning the Libations (ch.15), which...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 June 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1979 for Sedra Shelach. The Sedra describes the debacle with the Spies, and then speaks of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 June 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Shabbat Shelach 1975. It focuses on the verse 'And now may Your Name be great' (Num.14:17) which Moses...
The Alef Kabbalah group (10 June 2008) explored the edited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1976 for Sedra Shelach ('And Joshua sent Spies'). The Sedra concerns the...
A class by Rabbi Nachman Sudak on a Chassidic discourse by the Rebbe, taught on Shabbat Parshat Shelach, 1968. Opening with the verse "The first of your dough," the discourse explores the Chassidic...
The meaning of the Talit and its fringes, with the fringes representing the mitzvot and the enveloping cloth representing their Divine source. The Commandments enter our personal human world with...
On the figure of Job, who according to one Talmudic opinion lived in Canaan during the time of the Spies, to explore faith and acceptance in the face of suffering. Job's journey from protest to...
The commandment of challah, the portion of dough set aside as sacred, as an example of creating holy distinctions within ordinary life. The Sedra's theme of borders and separations is connected to...
The transformative power of Torah study through the episode of the man gathering sticks on Shabbat after the nation's despair. Torah study transforms one's perspective and gives meaning and hope even...
The story of the Spies to explore the need for preparation and personal reflection before significant action, with each Spy's mission having an individual, creative quality. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's...
That the Spies were deeply spiritual people who loved the ethereal life of the desert and feared losing it upon entering the Land. Their mistake was preferring spiritual seclusion to the harder task...
Caleb's visit to Hebron during the Spies' mission to pray at the graves of the Patriarchs, enabling him to stand firm against his companions' negative report. The lesson is that drawing on the merit...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shelach, 5726 (1966). When the Spies gave their negative report, Calev silenced the crowd 'to Moses', saying that whatever Moses commanded...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shelach, 5725 (1965). The Spies described the Land as 'a land which devours its inhabitants', and the Zohar links this to the 'abnegation...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shelach, 5728 (1968). The Sedra introduces the Mitzva of Challah, setting aside the first portion of dough as an offering, and Ezekiel...