Sh'lach שְׁלַח־לְךָ
Commandments in this portion: positive — 2 · negative — 1counted by Sefer HaChinuch
Which commandments
- 385The commandment of challahמצות חלהpos.
- 386The commandment of fringesמצות ציציתpos.
- 387To not wander after the thoughts of the heart and the vision of the eyesשלא לתור אחר מחשבת הלב וראית העיניםneg.
Numbering, order and division follow Sefer HaChinuch; the number links to the text.
Twelve men go up to see the land and ten come back saying it devours its inhabitants; the people weep through the night, and the generation is sentenced to forty years in the wilderness. The men who then try to go up are struck down. The portion ends with the libations, the challah and the tzitzit.
Read next on 26 June 2027, 17 June 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.
People of the portion
Hebron (Cave of the Patriarchs) Kadesh Barnea Numbers Lamentations Tisha B'Av
Events of this portion
The world at that time
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How it is read
| First | Bamidbar 13:1—13:20 | 20 verses |
|---|---|---|
| Second | Bamidbar 13:21—14:7 | 20 verses |
| Third | Bamidbar 14:8—14:25 | 18 verses |
| Fourth | Bamidbar 14:26—15:7 | 27 verses |
| Fifth | Bamidbar 15:8—15:16 | 9 verses |
| Sixth | Bamidbar 15:17—15:26 | 10 verses |
| Seventh | Bamidbar 15:27—15:41 | 15 verses |
| Maftir | Bamidbar 15:37—15:41 | 5 verses |
| Haftarah | Joshua 2:1—2:24 on Sefaria | 24 verses |
The text
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