Parashat Shelah: On Decision Making, Responsibility, and Maturity

Shelah Return of the Spies, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld

The famous story about twelve men, sent on a reconnaissance mission to the Land of Canaan, has two contradicting versions in the Torah. According to the first version, in this week’s Parasha, God initiated the mission, while according to the second, in Deut. 1:19-46, the Israelites requested it. In the first version the men are […]