Yehoshua
Pinchas – Spiritual Intuition
Why do we need so many different voices pointing out which piece of the land of Israel is given to which tribe? What does it mean that the lottery ticket itself spoke? What is the message of the midrash in saying that the women of Israel were able to close the spiritual gap created by…
Read MoreShlach – Seeing Through the Lie
Why does Hashem respond so harshly to the Jewish people’s lack of faith when they cry with the spies’ report? Why were the Jewish people so afraid to enter Israel if they had just seen, and continued to see, the many miracles Hashem performed on their behalf? Why did they not believe they would continue…
Read MoreMatos-Masei – Good Subsumes Evil
Why did Joshua only live to be 110 years old as opposed to Moshe who lived until 120? Why did Moshe want to see the ‘revenge’ of the Jewish people on Midian before his death? What does the word nekama (revenge) really mean? What is the difference between seeing and hearing? Find out in this…
Read MorePinchas – Leadership by Example
Why does Bilaam direct Balak to cause the Jewish people to sin through immoral behavior with the daughters of Midian? What was the character of the leadership of Doson and Aviram in the rebellion of Korach? How does the same principle apply for good, as expressed in the leadership of Joshua? Find out in this…
Read MorePinchas – 7 Year Podcast Anniversary!
Why is there no prohibition to destroy the fruit-bearing trees of the Midianites? What is the deeper significance of the fact that the woman of the generation of the wilderness were not involved in the sins of the Golden Calf and the Spies? Why does Hashem ask Moshe seven times to be his messenger to…
Read MorePinchas – Leadership of Yosef and Levi
What is the connection between Pinchos, inheriting the land, the daughters of Tzlafchad, and the appointment of Yehoshua? Why do the Jewish people face a test in the area of licentious relations as they are entering Israel? Why is the leadership in the midbar solely from the tribe of Levi, and entering Israel it is…
Read MoreMoshiach ben Yosef & Yehoshua VI
We continue with the last section of Rav Daniel Krentzman’s sefer. Kiddush Hashem Another one of the aspects of Mashiach ben Yosef is “Kiddush Hashem,” “Sanctifying G-d’s Name” (Kol HaTor chapter 4, 1,) bringing all nations and peoples of the world to recognition of the one G-d Who communicates His will to man through the…
Read MoreMoshiach ben Yosef & Yehoshua V
We continue with the second to last installment of Rav Daniel Krentzman’s sefer. Aseh V’Hatzliach – Success through Doing Actively Another essential factor in the mission of Mashiach ben Yosef is that the goals and efforts towards Tikkun Olam be achieved through “Asiyah,” that is, physical human effort and involvement in the physical world. Since…
Read MoreMoshiach ben Yosef & Yehoshua IV
We continue with Rav Daniel Krentzman’s sefer on Moshiach ben Yosef and Yehoshua. Giluy Sod –Revealing the Hidden Inner Dimension of the Torah Another important aspect of Mashiach ben Yosef is “Sod,” the possession and development of the hidden inner dimension of the Torah, and at times, its revelation to the world. Sod can also…
Read MoreMoshiach ben Yosef & Yehoshua III
We again continue with Rav Daniel Krentzman’s sefer on Moshiach ben Yosef and Yehoshua. Yeshoshua’s Reception of the Aspect of Mashiach ben Yosef At the very beginning of sefer Yehoshua the pasuk states: “And it was after the death of Moshe, servant of Hashem, that Hashem said to Yehoshua son of Nun, (Misharet Moshe) attendant…
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