Thoughts on parashat Sh’lach
The fate of human communities, including Jewish communities, is determined by many factors, objective – the historical, economic and social conditions in which people in a given era have to live, as well as subjective – e.g. specific decisions of community leaders or other individuals with power and influence on other people’s lives. The latter sometimes turn out to be crucial; it can determine the lives of many subsequent generations, therefore it is very important that human communities are led by reasonable, responsible and educated people.[…]
