This week’s parsha (Torah portion)  is a strange one.  Moshe (Moses) sends 12 men into the land to spy on it and its inhabitants.  They come out and their report causes a national hysteria which leads to a 40 year sojourn in the desert until all the men die off.  The Torah then goes into a discussion about sacrifices, and we finish with a man getting stoned to death for breaking shabbat and a law regarding the wearing of tzitzit … Continue reading →