About this episode

The episode discusses the contrasting leadership styles of Moshe and Joshua, exploring how Joshua succeeded in leading the nation across the Jordan despite being Moshe's student.

Moshe was Joshua’s teacher. By any measure, Moshe was a greater leader of the nation than Joshua was. Moshe was the sun to Joshua’s moon. But Moshe was unable to lead the nation across the Jordan; a feat that Joshua pulled off. How did Joshua the acolyte manage to outshine and upstage the master? That […]

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

Topics covered

• leadership
• mentorship
• spirituality
• judaism
• parsha

Keywords

• Moshe
• Joshua
• leadership
• mentorship
• parsha
• judaism
• spirituality

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