Fear, Faith, and Twelve Spies

Published: May 31, 2013, 3:48 p.m.

b'The Torah portion this week speaks to the episode in the wilderness when the Israelites are ready for their first attempt to enter into the Promised Land.\\xa0 Things do not proceed according to plan and the ancient community is split by the choices before them.\\xa0 While the circumstances may be different, the choices we make in our lives and in our society also are based on this fear/faith paradigm.\\n\\nNumbers 13'