Shelach – Founding Grandfathers

About this episode

This episode discusses the twelve righteous leaders sent by Moshe to scout the Land and the implications of their report.

The twelve men who Moshe sent to scout the Land were all righteous leaders of the tribes. There were not lightweights. In fact, Joshua, who would succeed Moshe as the leader of the people, was only the 5th greatest of this cadre. Yet ten of these men conspired to provide a deflating and slanderous report […]

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

Topics covered

• scouting the land
• tribal leaders
• faith and leadership
• reporting
• righteousness

Keywords

• Moshe
• Joshua
• tribes
• scouting
• leaders
• report
• righteous

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