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Tonight, Thursday night and Friday day is the night commemorating the passing of Joshua -second in command to Moses. Yehoshua ben Nun (Joshua son of Nun).
As second in command to Moses, Joshua had the difficult task of putting things into action. Whenever they had to confront opposition, Joshua led the men to battle. He is compared to the moon where Moses is like the sun. It takes some humility to accept being "second in command"; but he did his job well and faithfully, and merited to lead the Jewish people into the Holy Land so long ago. According to the Oral Tradition, Joshua had lots of daughters and no sons. He also married Rahav the prostitute from the town of Jericho.
In the book of Joshua, he was frequently told to "be strong and courageous". That is telling as to how difficult his job was.
Just imagine, in the beginning of the book of Joshua he was described as the servant of Moses. He was such a faithful disciple, and also led the people with such devotion to them and to his task, that in the end of the book he was called the servant of G-d! How many people have been called, by words of prophecy, the servant of G-d! We're talking about someone whom G-d communicated with "personally", who saw angels, who witnessed miracles and revealed Divine guidance the likes of which were never seen since...
Amazing...
Personally, when I read about those days, I long for a time when G-d's communication is so clear moment-to moment, so revealed, so open, G-d's presence so real and "close"(almost as self-evident as the table in front of me). May we merit to live in such times.
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"Personally, when I read about those days, I long for a time when G-d's communication is so clear moment-to moment, so revealed, so open, G-d's presence so real and "close"(almost as self-evident as the table in front of me). May we merit to live in such times."
Amen!
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