Joshua was chosen as Moses’ successor by virtue of his consummate diligence in absorbing Moses’ instruction – both from the Torah that Moses taught and through Moses’ personal conduct. The difference in their leadership was that Moses’ was largely based on miracles whereas Joshua’s was conducted naturally. Therefore, it was specifically through Joshua’s leadership that the purpose of Creation – to sanctify the natural, mundane world – was fulfilled. But Joshua succeeded only because he was a selfless reflection of Moses; his selflessness enabled the miraculous nature of Moses’ leadership to carry over into his own, natural leadership. Thus, Joshua’s first conquest, the city of Jericho, occurred miraculously.
From Joshua we learn to be fully committed both to humbly absorbing and transmitting the heritage and lessons of the Torah as they have been handed down to us by our predecessors, and to applying the Torah’s teachings to the novel situations of our generation.1
As a people we are dealing with an uncertain leader here in this country. How I wish we had a leader like Joshua. That's why I ask Hashem, blessed be He, to grant this leader, no doubt a man of spirit, a godly spirit of social justice to guide him in his mandate.
Don’t you-consider how you yourself are that leader? What can each of us do this day to bring out that holy light to sanctify this day?
Good Morning, Jorge [2018]
What is your current opinion on the Jewish Mexican [female] President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo leadership?
Best wishes,