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    Shlach Lecha

    Big, Small, and Giant

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 5783
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    Parashat Hashavua

    “Their Shadow has been Removed”

    Yehoshua and Kalev tried to convince Bnei Yisrael to follow their advice and not the wicked spies. They said “Their Shadow has been Removed”. What did they mean by this?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 15 5782
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    Parashat Hashavua

    What Does a Jewish State Entail?

    Our Parasha refers to the different reactions of three groups. Yehoshua and Kalev returned from their mission to Eretz Yisrael with reinforced belief in Hashem. The ten spies returned confused and lacking in belief. The Ma’apilim tried to reach Eretz Yisrael after Hashem had commanded them not to.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 20 5781
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Judges of Eretz Yisrael / Eretz Hemdah

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 16 5780
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Are There Criteria for Rabbinical Judges in Israel? – part

    Discussion of the praise of Eretz Yisrael (also called Eretz Hemdah) is a worthwhile thing to do during the Shabbat of Parashat Shelach – to counteract the sin of the spies. Happiness about the rebuilding of the “Desired Land” atones for the crying on the night after the evil reports were given, which became set as the day for national mourning (Tisha B’Av).

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 18 5779
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Torah-Based Law and Rav Yisraeli

    The special relationship between Eretz Yisrael (eretz hemdah ­= the desired Land) and Am Yisrael, is at the heart of our parasha. The sin of the meraglim (the spies), who checked out the Land of Cana’an and “came to despise eretz hemdah” (Tehillim 106:24), has accompanied the nation throughout its history.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 21 5778
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    Shlach Lecha

    Refaim, Eimim, Anakim, Nefilim, and Yerushalmim

    The spies, who returned from their survey of the Land, described it and put special stress on the fearsome giants who occupied it (Bamidbar 13:27-33). This depiction is repeated in Sefer Devarim (1:28). Various giants lived in different places in the Land historically and at the time of Moshe. There are nefilim (one of the names for giants) in the Land (which can, although does not have to, refer to Eretz Yisrael) at the time before the flood (Bereishit 6:4). Yehoshua found giants in Chevron but destroyed them (Yehoshua 11:21). We find some on the eastern bank of the Jordan in the story of the four kings and the five kings (Bereishit 14:5). In Sefer Devarim, we find interaction between eimim and refaim and between the Moavites, who lived in present day Jordan (2:10-11). After Yehoshua finished his conquest of Eretz Yisrael, there were giants remaining only in the Plishti areas of Azza, Gat, and Ashdod (Yehoshua 11:22).

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 19 5777
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    Parashat Hashavua

    On the Children of the Giants

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 22 5775
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Converting the Land

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5773
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    Shlach Lecha

    How Does One Lose the Land, Heaven Forbid?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 5768
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    Shlach Lecha

    Despising the Desirable

    Parashat Shelach Lecha

    Parashat Shelach Lecha

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Sivan 5765
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    Shlach Lecha

    Finding Unappreciated Treasures

    Parashat Shelach

    Parashat Shelach

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 13 Sivan 5764
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