Moshe's Spies and Yehoshua's Spies

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1. The Mission of the Spies

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   What was the reason Moshe was not permitted to enter the Promised Land? Was it the Sin of the Spies, Mei Meriva, or perhaps neither?

2. Chapter 2: The Sending of the Spies to Yericho

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   In this lesson, we will begin to consider Yehoshua's sending of spies to Yericho in advance of its capture, comparing and contrasting Yehoshua's spies, with those sent by his mentor Moshe almost four decades earlier, as described in Sefer Bemidbar/Numbers Chapters 13 and 14.

3. Military and Political Spying

   Prof. Jonathan Grossman | 10 minutes

   The "sending of the spies" story in parashat Shelach is often compared with the account in Devarim. This shiur, however, focuses on a different comparison of spy stories: between the sending of spies by Moshe here in parashat Shelach and the sending of spies by Yehoshua after Moshe's death. This comparison illuminates the purposes of each mission and the significance of the differences between the two.

4. Military and Political Spying

   Prof. Jonathan Grossman

   A comparison between the spies sent by Moshe and the spies sent by Yehoshua teaches us that the role of the spies that Moshe sent was political rather than military. 

5. The Mission of the Spies [audio]

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   תאריך פרסום: תשע"ו | | 16 minutes

   The details of the story of the spies in Parashat Shelachare notoriously difficult to understand. How can we make sense of the episode's various incongruities and shed light on Moshe's role in this historic disaster?

6. Yehoshua Perek 2

   Jesse Salem | 21 minutes

   This lecture provides an overview of Yehoshua Perek 2, which describes Yehoshua sending spies to Yericho, and also deals with the contrast between Yehoshua's spies and Moshe's spies in Sefer Bamidbar. 

    

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