Rabbi Glatstein presents five sharp insights on Parshas Shelach from Pninei Kedem.
Read the notes on this shiur: outline, sources, and more from Rabbi Daniel Glatstein →
Know someone who would love this shiur?
Ask this shiur
Ask in your own words — the answer is the exact moment this shiur speaks to it.
What’s said in this shiur
The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
Okay, good morning friends. Welcome, welcome. Here are some beautiful divrei Torah from the safer Pninei Kedem. A collection of ancient divrei Torah from Rabbi Chaim Michael Stern from Kishmei Kein Hu from old sefarim that are not always so available. This one uh is actually a classic. The Medrash and it's uh in the beginning of Parshas Shlach poses a very unusual question. You'll learn daynu Rabbeinu mah lifrosh layom hagadol kodem l'Shabbos shloshes yamim. Are you allowed to take a boat three days before Shabbos? Huh? Why is that a relevant question to Parshas Shlach? So the Medrash in the opening of Shlach says, "Please teach us. Can you take a boat three days before Shabbos?" The meforshim are matmiah. What is the relevance of this shaila to Parshas Shlach? Says Rav Pinchas Halevi Horowitz, the Baal Hafla'ah, the Gemara says in Taanis the meraglim were sent on Chof Sivan which by the way Rav Shimshon of Ostropoler says b'oisah sha'ah k'sheirim hayu. They weren't yet under the influence of Tammuz. They still were under the influence of Sivan. B'oisah sha'ah, that day, they were k'sheirim. Anyway, on the pasuk Vayehi b'yom kalos Moshe l'hakeim es haMishkan, it says that day was Shabbos. That year Rosh Chodesh Nisan fell out on Sunday. So, b'yom kalos haMishkan was Shabbos. And I'm sorry, that day was Sunday. Akha b'Shabbos haya. Rosh Chodesh Nisan came out on Yom Rishon. And if Rosh Chodesh Nisan comes out on a Sunday, the 29th day of Sivan is a Wednesday. Well, wait a second. If they left on a
Jump to a moment
- 0:00Okay, good morning friends. Welcome, welcome. Here are some beautiful divrei Torah from the safer Pninei…
- 1:07relevance of this shaila to Parshas Shlach? Says Rav Pinchas Halevi Horowitz, the Baal Hafla'ah, the…
- 2:10Wednesday, how are they getting from wherever they were uh to Eretz Yisrael? So, they had…
- 3:46So, Moshe didn't have to daven for Kalev. The only bias the Meraglim had was they…
- 4:48They remembered the fish. Number two, the maraglim reported that the people there were very big…
- 6:25didn't I wasn't you know I don't know the source of it. But on the positive…
- 7:31ha'aretz asher tartem ba'im yom yom lashana tis'u es avonaseichem yom lashana a day for a…
- 8:32That the pasuk is asking a question. How can it be that from Hakadosh Baruchu, the…
- 10:0540 years. And if you want to know why why would Hashem consider days like years?…
- 11:11do with the eigel. Why we mentioning all this on Yom Kippur? Somehow, according to this…
Every second of this shiur plays inside Lehallel — a filtered YouTube library where each video was reviewed against one written standard before it could appear. No ads, no comments, no autoplay into anything unapproved.
Why is this here?
Before this shiur could appear, it was reviewed against one written standard — the same standard for every video in the library, no exceptions and no algorithm deciding on its own. It was reviewed on July 17, 2026. It is listed under Torah. If you believe something here does not belong, tell us — every challenge is read by a person.
Get the week’s best, by email
One email a week — a handful of approved shiurim and music. No account needed.
Know a family who would use this? Give a Lehallel membership.