They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.” — Numbers 13:27-28
Each week in synagogue, Jews read through the Torah from Genesis to Deuteronomy. The Torah portion for this week is Shelach, which means “Send,” from Numbers 13:1–15:41.
One of the great Jewish rabbis of the Middle Ages, Maimonides, left us an incredibly insightful commentary on our verses today. And it all centers on the power of one word: BUT.
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