Beit Midrash
- Torah Portion and Tanach
- Bamidbar
- Shlach Lecha
In response to the hysteria of the people, Hashem wishes to destroy the nation altogether, but Moshe successfully intercedes on their behalf. Hashem then decrees a 40-year wandering in the desert, during which this generation will die out. Some of the people regret their sin & they try to then enter Israel immediately (against G-d's will), but are wiped out.
The Parsha then discusses the law of wine libations & the law of Challa, separating a piece of the dough to give to the Kohen. We then read about the incident of the M'koshesh Etzim, who desecrated the Shabbat by collecting wood & was executed. Finally, we read the third paragraph of the Shema, detailing the Mitzva to wear Tzitzit on our four-cornered garments, which help to serve as a constant reminder of Hashem & His commandments.
We bentsch Rosh Chodesh Tamuz (which will occur next Shabbat & Sunday).
The Haftora is "Vayishlach Yehoshua," (Yehoshua 2) wherein Yehoshua – like Moshe did – sends out spies to scout the land prior to its conquest by Bnei Yisrael.
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