Succession
Moses, Joshua, teachers, students, mentors, mentees, more.
It's easy to attempt to do right by our friends, family, loved ones, acquaintances, and the people we simply encounter day-to-day– and often hard to get it right. Join us for a lively, interactive conversation around the ethics of interpersonal interactions and you might find that it proves transformative in the next sticky, or almost-sticky, situation.
February 8, 2-3:30ET, 11-12:30PT
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Last Monday, we saw Moses die.
Even though that's technically the end of the story of Torah, I want to make sure that we look at one more key part of the story:
That's right, the line of succession.
As you may recall from the messy spies incident, Calev and Joshua were the only scouts sent to spy on the Promised Land who weren't frightened off by what they had seen. After that, as midrash tells it, Joshua became Moses' personal aide / assistant / second in command. And it wasn't exactly a part-time gig, either:
....Joshua served Moses...day and night (Numbers Rabbah 12:9)