page_title: Shlach
section_title: Commandments
hierarchical_section_title: Shlach / Commandments
caption_attribution_description: English: the beginning of the Shema prayer in the Siddur. فارسی: آغاز شِماع در سیدور.
context_page_description: Shlach, Shelach, Sh'lah, Shlach Lecha, or Sh'lah L'kha is the 37th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Numbers. Its name comes from the first distinctive words in the parashah, in Numbers 13:2. Shelach is the sixth and lecha is the seventh word in the parashah. The parashah tells the story of the twelve spies sent to assess the promised land, commandments about offerings, the story of the Sabbath violator, and the commandment of the fringes.
  The parashah constitutes Numbers 13:1–15:41. It is made up of 5,820 Hebrew letters, 1,540 Hebrew words, 119 verses, and 198 lines in a Torah Scroll. Jews generally read it in June or early July.
context_section_description: According to Maimonides and the Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are 2 positive and 1 negative commandments in the parashah.
  To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen
  To have tzitzit on four-cornered garments
  Not to stray after the whims of one's heart or temptations one sees with his eyes
caption: The beginning of the Shema prayer in the Siddur
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