Parashat Shelach
Dedicated in Honor of My Wife Frieda and Our New Baby Boy by Sol Ayal Parashat Shelach
The Spies and Lashon Hara
In this week’s parasha, we learn about one of the most important episodes in our history, which still affects us today. The spies spoke lashon hara about the Land of Israel. As Rashi points out, they did not learn their lesson, even after witnessing what happened to Miriam after she had spoken about Moshe.
Miriam’s fundamental mistake was that she viewed Mosh