Haftarah: Parshat Shelach (5786)
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About this lesson
A lesson in English on the haftarah of Parshat Shelach, a portion of the Book of Bamidbar (Numbers).
The haftarah is the passage from the Prophets read in synagogue on Shabbat after the Torah reading.
It belongs to the series “Haftarah lessons – 5786 (English)” (lesson 23 of 30).
Lesson summary AI-generated
- A lesson on the haftarah of Shelach, the story of Yehoshua’s two spies and Rahab in Jericho.
- Targum Yonatan’s detail that the spies disguised themselves as deaf-mutes so that people would speak freely in front of them.
- Rahab’s words about the splitting of the sea, the scarlet rope or thread she lowered from the window, and the token by which she would be recognized.
- A reflection on how Rahab turned to something very Jewish after many years of a different life.
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- Parshat Shelach
- Haftarah
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