Pesel Michah and Moshe's Grandson

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How did a grandson of Moshe Rabbeinu become a galach for avodah zarah? Yisro made Moshe promise that his firstborn son would be a galach, and a great tzaddik of 300 or 400 years ago ties Yehonasan ben Gershon's fall to that promise. We learn to be careful with every word, since words can have effects far down the line. Michah's idol, Yehonasan's wages and Shevet Dan's offer show a man for whom everything came down to money.

Key points

• A great tzaddik of earlier centuries ties Moshe's promise to Yisro to his grandson becoming a galach.
• The Gemara in Sanhedrin says the nun added to Menashe pins Yehonasan's deed on another wrongdoer.
• Michah's hachnasas orchim shielded him from the malachim despite his avodah zarah.
• Yehonasan twisted his zaida's teaching about taking strange work into a reason to serve an idol.
• Once the yetzer for avodah zarah was killed, making money took its place.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Moshe's promise to Yisro
2. 3:21Michah saved from the wall
3. 6:45The suspended nun in Menashe
4. 8:24Michah's hachnasas orchim near the Mishkan
5. 12:12Yehonasan becomes Michah's priest
6. 15:35Learning from his zaida's words
7. 18:35Shevet Dan's scouts and the idol
8. 30:14Money and the yetzer for avodah zarah

Topics

• Hachnasas Orchim
• Shevet Dan
• Parshas Yisro