Yehoshua, Perek 1

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Who took over from Moshe Rabbeinu, and how did Yericho fall? Hashem chose Moshe's favorite pupil over Moshe's sons, because that pupil never stepped away from Moshe. We learn not to try to outsmart Hashem. The story then follows Rachav saving the two spies, the miraculous crossing of the Yarden, and the walls of Yericho falling after the circling and the shofaros.

Key points

• Chazal say Moshe's pupil waited forty days alone on the mountain and missed the Egel.
• Chazal say Moshe's successor lost ten years by slowing the conquest to live longer.
• Only two tzaddikim, Kalev and Pinchas, were sent as spies, posing as deaf and dumb pot sellers.
• The Gemara has Kalev hidden under bales of cotton on Rachav's roof.
• The Gemara says the cherem on Yericho was made without Hashem's command, which led to trouble.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Moshe Rabbeinu's petirah and his successor
2. 4:56Ten lost years of the new leader
3. 7:19Sending two spies to Yericho
4. 10:31Rachav and her inn
5. 18:37Crossing the Yarden
6. 25:08Circling the walls of Yericho
7. 28:35The cherem on Yericho
8. 31:23Question on the shofaros and Shabbos

Topics

• Rachav
• Yericho