What is "shlach"

Shlach, Shelach, Sh'lah, Shlach Lecha, or Sh'lah L'kha ( or — Hebrew for "send", "send to you", or "send for yourself") is the 37th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) 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 . Shelach is the sixth and lecha is the seventh word in the parashah. It constitutes The parashah is made up of 5,820 Hebrew letters, 1,540 Hebrew words, and 119 verses, and can occupy about 198 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah).

Jews generally read it in June or early July.

The parashah tells the story of the twelve spies sent to assess the promised land, Caleb, who proposed entry into the land and the others who discouraged the Israelites, commandments about offerings, the story of the Sabbath violator, and the commandment of the fringes (, tzitzit).