Parsha “Shelach-Lekha” (Numbers chapters 13 through 15) is sometimes thought of as the ‘story of the spies’. Mark sometimes refers to it as the ‘first recorded VOTE in human history as well,’ nothing that it went badly, and those who trusted Yahuah “lost”, 10-2.

The Erev Shabbat overview:

The Sabbath midrash continues from there, with the implications.


“Shelach-Lekha: Having Eyes but Choosing NOT to See”

The combined two-part teaching is here: