Weekly Torah Portion



Behaalotecha

June 21, 2008

Shlach, Shelach, Sh'lah, Shlach Lecha, or Sh’lah L’kha (שלח or שלח לך — Hebrew for "send” or “send to you,” ) is the 37th weekly Torah portion (parshah) .and the fourth in the book of Numbers.  Its name comes from the first distinctive words in the parshah, in Numbers 13:2.

The parshah tells the story of the scouts who discouraged the Israelites, commandments about offerings, the story of the Sabbath violator, and the commandment of the fringes.