This morning we investigate the discrepancy in how God responds to the Spies - with utter anger, no forgiveness - with how God responds to what seems liker a much greater sin, the Golden Calf - where God not only forgives the Jewish People, but institutes Yom Kippur as an annual opportunity for forgiveness and atonement. Using a story and parenting advice from Rabbi Yaakov Kaminetsky, we learn when to consider a negative action serious, and when it is just a passing mistake.
Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship.
Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on:
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