Chaya Rochel Nach Yomi

*Yehoshua 22*

Learn the perek (with translation and classic commentaries): https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Yehoshua/22.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

Reuven, Gad and half of Menashe are thanked for keeping their promise to Moshe (to fight with their brethren until everyone had received his inheritance) and they are sent home to the Transjordan (non-Eretz Yisrael proper side of the Yarden).

The two and a half tribes are blessed with extra wealth.

Upon their return to their side of the land, a giant altar is erected.

The rest of Klal Yisrael gets alarmed and send a delegation led by Pinchas HaKohen to confront the two and a half tribes about this.

It's clarified that the altar was not meant for korbanos or as a rebellion but rather it was to be a monument symbolizing the nation's unity for future generations.

The rest of Klal Yisrael accept this explanation and harmony is restored.

*Yehoshua 21*

Learn the Perek with translation and classic commentaries:

https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Yehoshua/21.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● The heads of _Sheivet Levi_ approach Yehoshua to receive their cities.

● A lottery is drawn for forty-eight cities for shevet Levi, including the six _arei miklat_.

● Each city given to _Sheivet Levi_ by each tribe is listed.

● The distribution of all inheritances is now complete.

● _Klal Yisrael_ lacks nothing.

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_Challenge Questions:_

● What is a "Migrash" and why is it so essential to the Levitic cities?

● What do the Levitic cities have to do with us?

*Yehoshua 20*

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https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Yehoshua/20.6#e0n6

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● Klal Yisrael is commanded to set up Arei Miklat (Cities of Refuge).

● The Navi reviews the halachos of Arei Miklat: A person who kills another unintentionally must run to a City of Refuge, which serves the role of a secure home base where the unintentional murderer is protected from the "avenger of blood" (Goel HaDam) and is required to stay there until the death of the Kohen Gadol.

● 6 Cities of Refuge are listed: 3 in Eretz Yisrael, 3 on the other side of the Yarden.

*Yehoshua 19*

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*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

A second lottery is drawn for the rest of the tribes.

The tribes of Shimon, Zevulun, Yissachar, Asher, Naftali, and Dan receive their heritages in Eretz Yisrael.

The people give Yehoshua the land he requests.

The division of all of the heritages of Klal Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael is now complete.

For those who are more visual learners, the green area is on the other side of the Jordan River which was conquered by Moshe. The blue area is what we have seen apportioned so far in chapters 15-18. The land of the remaining six tribes, the red area, is apportioned in today's perek:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GxGGoPkc4ZDRs2Nk8

*Yehoshua 18*

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*Perek Summary*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● The _Aron_ is moved from Gilgal to Shiloh.

● Yehoshua rebukes the remaining seven tribes who had not received their land yet for being lax in pursuing their inheritances.

● The boundaries of the tribe of Binyamin are detailed.

● Fourteen cities are enumerated as being part of the inheritance of the tribe of Binyamin.

*Yehoshua 17*

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*Perek Points*

_Adaped from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

- This Navi lists the lineage and inheritance of Menashe and the Bnos Tzelafchad ask Yehoshua and Elazar HaKohen for their inheritance, as promised to them by Moshe, and it is granted to them.

- The inheritance of Ephraim is listed and the Bnei Yosef appeal that they want more land because of their large population so Yehoshua recommends that they conquer a certain area in the territory occupied by Perizi and Refa'im.

- The Bnei Yosef decline because they argue that the land is insufficient and too mighty to conquer and Yehoshua encourages them to do their best.

*Yehoshua 16*

_Learn the Perek with translation and classic commentaries:_

https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Yehoshua/16.1

*Perek Points*

● The portion for _B'nei Yosef_ is outlined, beginning from the Yarden near Yericho and stretching westward.

● The specific borders of Shevet Ephraim are detailed, marking cities and natural boundaries.

● Certain cities within the territory are designated for Ephraim, even when surrounded by Menasheh’s land.

● The boundaries emphasize how carefully Eretz Yisrael was divided among the shevatim.

● However, Ephraim does not drive out the Canaani inhabitants of Gezer.

● Instead, the Canaanim remain among them and become forced labor — an incomplete fulfillment of the mission to fully conquer the land.

*Yehoshua 15*

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*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● The division of Eretz Yisrael starts with the tribe of Yehudah.

● Caleiv is given Chevron.

● After driving out 3 giants, Caleiv announces that whoever conquers the land of Kiryas Sefer will get his daughter Achsah as a wife.

● Osniel ben Kenaz (his half-brother) conquers the land and receives Achsah as his wife.

● Achsah asks Caleiv for a better, more fertile piece of land. Caleiv consents.

● The Navi lists all of the boundaries/borders of the land for the tribe of Yehudah.

● The Yevusi are not driven out of the land.

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More questions than answers...

● What is the meaning of the cryptic passage about Caleiv, his daughter Achsah, and Osniel?

● Why does Achsach feel a need to maneuver her way towards fertile land? Who exactly asks for this land?

_Chaya Rochel Nach Yomi - Yehoshua 15: Enter Osniel ben Kenaz - The Dawn of a New Era 🌤️_

*Yehoshua 14*

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https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Yehoshua/14.1#e0n6

*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily summary_

● Yehoshua and Elazar HaKohen start to divide up the land of Eretz Yisrael for each tribe of Klal Yisrael.

● Caleiv ben Yefuneh reminds Yehoshua of the promise that Moshe had made to Caleiv for giving a good report of Eretz Yisrael during the incident of the Meraglim.

● Caleiv reminds Yehoshua that it is now forty-five years later and he’s already eighty-five years old and declares that he is just as strong now as he was when he was younger.

● Yehoshua blesses Caleiv and gives Chevron to him as his portion of land.

*Yehoshua 13*

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*Perek Points*

_Adapted from R' Shaya Sussman's Nach Daily_

● Hashem tells Yehoshua that he is getting older and much of Eretz Yisrael has still not been conquered.

● Hashem tells Yehoshua to start dividing up the land.

● Yehoshua starts dividing up the land on the non-Eretz Yisrael side of the Yarden to the _shevatim_ of Reuven, Gad, and half of Menashe.

● Hashem excludes Levi from the inheritance of land because Levi’s purpose is to serve Hashem exclusively.

Here are a couple of visuals from Artscroll which map out the conquests that we have seen in the previous couple of perakim:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/sfjP6WZoMEWKBom29

And this is from today's perek:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/v9EifKHszpvVJirBA