Spies

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The Temptation to Disengage from the Physical World

16 June 2025

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Parshat Shelach in 1974.  It concerns the story of the Spies entering the Land of Canaan.  The discourse expolains that they have a mission to elevate the...

Why Were the Spies Afraid?

25 June 2019

The Rebbe taught this discourse for Sedra Shelach (about sending the spies) in 1965. Two very spiritual reasons are given for their reluctance to enter the Holy Land. The discussion helps us...

Questions about the Spies

5 June 2018

The incident of the twelve Spies who brought a bad report about the Land of Israel is well known. This discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Shelach in 1988 discusses their spiritual...

Can we reach the goal?

13 June 2017

This discourse of 1966 explains that the spies claimed we can never achieve the ultimate goal, But Kalev claimed that we can, through our bond with Moses.

Shelach (5745)

1 June 2006

Alef Discussion (June 2006) about the theme of the Spies in Sedra Shelach (see Numbers chs.13-14). Rabbi Shneur Zalman's 'Likkutei Torah' presents a somewhat positive view of the Spies. They were...