04 Shelach Lacha

Means, “Send Thou”, “Send on your BEHALF”

HafTorah: Joshua 2:1-24

Brit Hadashah: Hebrews 3:7-19

Outline of the Parsha:

Numbers 13:1-25                             -The Spies Mission

Numbers 13:26 - 14:45                    -Their Report and its Results

Numbers 15:1-31                             -Offerings and Libations

Numbers 15:32-36                           -The Sabbath Breakers

Numbers 15:37-41                           -The Mitzvot of Tzitzis

It covers the following:

Scouts or Spies?

Their fact finding mission and their error.

The different Spirit of Caleb.

The Seven Characteristics of Caleb.

The History of “Tisha B’Av” and the odds of the event.

Repentance and Consequence.

The Talit (Jewish Prayer Shawl) connecting it to Gematria (calculation of the numerical values of letters, words, or phases).

The meanings of the knots, windings and as a whole “Tzitzis.”

Explanation of the blue thread.

The “Tzitzis”, Saul and David.

The “Tzitzis” and the woman with the issue of blood.

The “Tzitzis” and Jairus’ daughter.