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Moshe Rabbeinu prayed fervently to enter the Land and truly believed he
would not die beforehand. Only after Hashem told him to stop praying,
did he prepare himself for death.
Whatever happens to us is from Hashem. Every breath we take is a
Heavenly gift. Although one’s level of yirat Shamayim is in his hands,
there is an element of siyata di’Shemaya at play, as well. The Zohar
teaches that Hashem went with Moshe to Pharaoh’s palace. Whenever one
goes to do a mitzvah, he receives Heavenly escort.
Moshe told Yehoshua that he would lead the people with the help of the
elders. But Hashem told Yehoshua that he would lead the nation alone.
Hashem was assuring Yehoshua that he had the ability to lead the nation
on his own, just as Moshe had. But Moshe, his teacher, recognized his
abilities and understood that he would be overwhelmed with this job, so
he suggested that he take help from the elders.

“So now, write this song for yourselves, and
teach it to the Children of Israel, place it in their
mouth, so that the song shall be for Me a

“You are standing today, all of you, before witness against the Children of Israel”
Hashem, your G-d: the heads of your tribes, (Devarim 31:19)
your elders, and your officers – all the men
of Israel…”

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