| Today is: Shabbat, Nissan 5, 5771 · April 9, 2011
• Today's 'Nasi': Shimon
• Spies to Jericho (1273 BCE)
Two days before the conclusion of the thirty-day mourning period following the passing of Moses on Adar 7 (see Jewish History for the 7th of Nissan), Joshua dispatched two scouts--Caleb and Pinchas--across the Jordan River to Jericho, to gather intelligence in preparation of the Israelites' battle with the first city in their conquest of the Holy Land. In Jericho, they were assisted and hidden by Rahab, a woman who lived inside the city walls. (Rahab later married Joshua). Link:
The Two Spies
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