Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.

1.     Why weren’t the Leviim mentionned?

• The Leviim are not mentioned in the list of the tribes because they weren’t going to get a share of Eretz Israel and therefore didn’t need to check anything in the land. (Daat Zekenim, Ritva)

2.     What was Caleb’s second name?

• Caleb’s other name was Mered. From the word marad/rebelled, because he rebelled against the other spies, slanderous report. (Sanhedrin 19b)

3.     Who did Caleb marry?

• Caleb married Bitya, the daughter of Pharaoh, after she converted. Others say Caleb, married Moshe's sister, Miriam. (Sanhedrin 19b, Sotah 11b-12a, Megillah 13a)

4.     What does the word anak refer to?

• The word “anak” usually refers to a “giant”. But in this in case it is also used as a noun and referred to Anak, the fathers of the giants who lived in Chevron. (Artscroll)

5.     Which “protection” is Moshe referring to?

• “Their protection has departed from them”: Moshe was alluding to Iyov, whose presence had provided the inhabitants of the land with a special merit and protection. But he had now died. (Rashi)