The 26th of Nissan: Yehoshua - part II

00:00 The hemsech to the earlier installment be-negeah techevav Nisan, which is the day of the passing of Yeshua bin Nun. We continue now with installment number two, discussing additional insights of the Rebbe in regards to Yeshua bin Nun. In the Sichah Shabbos Parshas Shemini Tov Shin Mem Zayin, nineteen eighty-seven, the Rebbe said the following, as it is translated here in English by Sichas in English. The countenance of Moshe was like that of the sun. The countenance of Yeshua was like that of the moon. In general, then, we take from the twenty-sixth of Nisan the importance of the interplay between giver and receiver. Just as Yeshua's manner of receiving was total, which later made him the fitting leader of the Jewish people and the replacement of Moshe in all matters, so too the same approach should govern all matters. Yeshua functioned in another area where Moshe had no direct input, the conquest of the Holy Land. In fact, Yeshua is called the first of the conquerors. Moshe led the people in a supernatural manner on the miraculous condition during the forty years in the wilderness. In contrast, Yeshua brought them into the land and led them through years of physical conquest and settlement into the natural and normal system of life in a homeland. Spiritually, they had to convert the land of the Canaanite, the lowest of levels, into Eretz Yisrael, the loftiest state. In sense, the power for this actually came from Moshe, for Yeshua resembled the moon whose light is only reflected from the sun.

02:13 Although Yeshua's approach was basically a natural procedure of conquest, nevertheless, the initial steps had to be taken in a miraculous fashion using the supernatural powers carried over from Moshe. Now, Moshe's approach was immeasurably higher than Yeshua's, yet it was with the power of Moshe's efforts that Yeshua was able to ultimately carry out his own role, just as the moon shines only with the sun's light. This power of the supernatural which came into the normal human events during Yeshua's lifetime also continues to influence us after the passing of Yeshua. The final conquest of the Holy Land did not take place until after Yeshua's passing. In a Sichah on Shabbos Parshas Bamidbar, Tov Shin Mem Tes, 1989, the Rebbe stated, as we mentioned earlier, that the countenance of Moshe is like that of the sun. The countenance of Yeshua was like that of the moon. And the Rebbe explains that although the moon is not within the range and standard of the sun, nevertheless, the full light of the sun is reflected in the moon. And Yeshua served as a Nasi and as a king, which implies that he was a leader for the Jewish nation in a spiritual sense, this is the title of Nasi, and a physical sense, which is the title of king. On another occasion, Shabbos Parshas Voschanan, Tov Shin Nun Alef, Tenosei 1991, the Rebbe elaborated on the fact that Yeshua was the one to lead the nation into Eretz Yisrael. What is the difference between Moshe and Yeshua? The manner and

04:24 the means of conquering and entering Eretz Yisrael through Yeshua was unique in the sense that unlike as by Moshe, whereas matters in the desert were all accomplished in a miraculous process without much, if at all, the intervention and the initiative of the Jewish people, the Jewish nation. But during Yeshua's leadership, it was the initiative of the people that they were able to accomplish what was needed to be accomplished after they have initially received the keyach that carried over from Moshe to Yeshua. Therefore, we see that as a result of this, it took seven years of conquest and seven years of settling, since it was done in a natural way. And even after the first entry into Eretz Yisrael was completed, it still allowed a potential that a golus and exile can take place and took place. And they were exiled over the years, which then extended for many years up to 1900 years. Likewise, we find the vort of the Tzemach Tzedek when somebody wanted to travel to Eretz Yisrael, the Tzemach Tzedek said, mach do Eretz Yisrael. One needs to accomplish Eretz Yisrael by one's own initiative, which means, again, it needs to be accomplished on the part of the person. And as the Alter Rebbe cites in Tanya, that through refinement in the time of exile, one merits to re-enter Eretz Yisrael and return to the original home. And finally, in a Sichah from Parshat Ki Sisso, Tenosei 1991, the Rebbe notes in a footnote regarding the name of Yeshua. The letters of

06:40 his name are the first three letters of Hashem's name, Yud Keivav. And Shin Ayin are kabbalistically, as it is indicated in its numeric value, the 370 lights revelations from the highest attribute, which is Keser. And in Keser itself, the highest sphere of Keser, which is Atik. The Rebbe continues, Yeshua was Moshe's servant who never left the tent of Moshe. This aspect of Yeshua is also found by every Yid, as well as the aspect of Moshe. And especially through Torah, through the study of Torah, as Moshe received Torah from Sinai and relayed it to Yeshua. And that is incorporated in every Yid.