Friday, September 7, 2007

Transferring Power

Moshe transfers his leadership to Yehoshua on the last day of his life and gives Yehoshua his mission . He is to lead the people into Eretz Yisroel , conquer and divide the land amongst the remaining 91/2 tribes as well as give the Levtes their 48 cities. Yehoshua accepts but there is no statement of Yehoshua recorded in the Torah. This is incredible as Eleazar, the Cohen Gadol
does get quoted after the Midian Forray. So why does Yehoshua say nothing even while he is installed as Supreme Leader and Lawgiver?
The answer lies in the unique role each King and Spiritual heir of Moshe has. That is , he is the extension of Moshe's life. As such there was no need for Yehoshua to say anything as all that he had to say was said by Moshe. In fact the only thing that Yehoshua would say was , thus said my master Moshe etc...
In fact the Kabbalists state that Moshe Chay=Moshe lives is the numerical equivalent of HaMoshiach-The Messiah! Thus Moshiach will be the living incarnation of Moshe.
So , how do you know the heir of Moshe? The one who will only quote from his Moshe is Moshe's heir! Someone vos zogt eigens-says his own is not the heir of Moshe . He may be a student of Moshe but he isn't Moshe's heir.
This is why the Rambam says that Moshiach will be only close to not superior to Moshe in Prophecy. This is because the Torah of Moshiach will be illuminating the words of Moshe,
What do we learn from this ? We should strive to learn the words of Moshe so that in a small way we can be Moshe's heirs. This is why the Song of Moshe known as Shirat Haazinu is traditionally learned by heart so that at least a little of Moshe's words should always be with us.
May Moshe's heir , the living Moshe be revealed now!

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