[intro music] Welcome to Daily Bread for Kids, a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year, helping young Bible readers to study God's Word while also discovering its Jewish context.

Shalom.

My name is Karen Orr, and I will be your reader for today.

Today is Sunday, the seventh of June, which is the twenty-second of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar.

Today in history, Moses' sister Miriam was punished with tzaraat, biblical leprosy.

According to tradition, see Numbers 12, "When the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow.

Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, 'O God, heal her, I pray.'" This week's Torah portion is called Shlach, which means send.