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1. Chapter 2 Conclusion: Rachav and the Spies

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   This lesson continues the analysis of the spies' mission. However, we shall shift our focus from their exploits to those of the real (but unlikely) heroine of the story, Rachav the harlot. Who is this woman, and why does she turn her back on her own people by harboring the spies? What are we to learn from her conduct? We will attempt to ascertain the motives of this remarkable woman.

2. Miracles in the Book of Joshua

   Dr. Ruth Walfish | Hour and 8 minutes

   The book of Yehoshua is the point of transfer from a miraculous supernatural existence that Bnei Yisrael experienced in their years of sojourn through the desert to a more mundane, natural existence in the Land of Israel. This lecture points to a number of parallel events that occurred in both the desert and in the beginning of the book of Yehoshua, and draws comparisons between them, illustrating this gradual transition from the supernatural to mundane.