Shlach
Sign in to savethumb|400px|right|Moses and the Messengers from Canaan (painting by Giovanni Lanfranco) Shlach, Shelach, 'Sh'lah, Shlach Lecha, or Sh'lah L'kha''' ( or —Hebrew for "send", "send to you", or "send for yourself") is the 37th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Numbers. Its name comes from the first distinctive words in the parashah, in Numbers 13:2. Shelach () is the sixth and lecha () is the seventh word in the parashah. The parashah tells the story of the twelve spies sent to assess the promised land, commandments about of
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Encyclopedic overview
44 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Numbers 13:1–20
- Second reading—Numbers 13:21–14:7
- Third reading—Numbers 14:8–25
- Fourth reading—Numbers 14:26–15:7
- Fifth reading—Numbers 15:8–16
- Sixth reading—Numbers 15:17–26
- Seventh reading—Numbers 15:27–41
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In ancient parallels
- Numbers chapter 13
- In inner-biblical interpretation
- Numbers chapter 13
- Numbers chapter 14
- Numbers chapter 15
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Numbers chapter 15
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Numbers chapter 13
- Numbers chapter 14
- Numbers chapter 15
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Numbers chapter 14
- Numbers chapter 15
- In modern interpretation
- Numbers chapter 13
- Numbers chapter 15
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- The Weekly Maqam
- Haftarah
- Summary of the haftarah
- Connection between the haftarah and the parashah
- The haftarah in classical Rabbinic interpretation
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|400px|right|Moses and the Messengers from Canaan (painting by Giovanni Lanfranco) Shlach, Shelach, 'Sh'lah, Shlach Lecha, or Sh'lah L'kha''' ( or —Hebrew for "send", "send to you", or "send for yourself") is the 37th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Numbers. Its name comes from the first distinctive words in the parashah, in Numbers 13:2. Shelach () is the sixth and lecha () is the seventh word in the parashah. The parashah tells the story of the twelve spies sent to assess the promised land, commandments about offerings, the story of the Sabbath violator, and the commandment of the fringes (, tzitzit).
The parashah constitutes Numbers 13:1–15:41. It is made up of 5,820 Hebrew letters, 1,540 Hebrew words, 119 verses, and 198 lines in a Torah Scroll (Sefer Torah). Jews generally read it in June or early July.
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