{"id":47185,"date":"2019-01-09T09:15:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T07:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=47185"},"modified":"2022-08-03T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:47:45","slug":"the-difference-of-a-yud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-difference-of-a-yud\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Of A Yud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[361,806,551],"acf":{"old_id":"47185","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":47056,"related_cahpter":"130","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Changing names, changing destinies","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interesting thing about a name is that its meaning is not automatically found by the person who bears that name. While a child\u2019s name can hold significance for those who named the child, the child themselves may not inherently connect to the name. It is quite obvious that names hold a special significance in Jewish tradition, and it is no small event when names are changed in the Torah; Avram changed to Avraham, Sarai to Sarah, Jacob to Israel and now Hosea to Joshua. God or an Angel of God oversaw these first three name changes. But Hosea to Joshua was completed by Moses himself right before the 12 Scouts entered the Land of Israel: \u00a0\u201cand Moses called Hosea ben Nun\u2026 Joshua\u201d (13:16).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We learn from Rashi\u2019s comment on Gen. 17:5 that the \u201c<em>yud<\/em>\u201d from Joshua \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05e9\u05e2 originated from Sarai \u05e9\u05e8\u05d9, whose name was changed to Sarah \u05e9\u05e8\u05d4. Rashi explains that the \u201c<em>yud<\/em>\u201d was angry at the Shechinah when it was taken from \u05e9\u05e8\u05d9; the letter was finally put at ease once it was added to \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05e9\u05e2. So, it seems that this \u201c<em>yud<\/em>\u201d was destined to travel throughout the Torah through Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob, Rachel and Leah and all of the 12 Tribes of Israel until it rested in Joshua.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This special letter helped helped Joshua to fulfill his divine potential. Or HaChaim writes that the added \u201c<em>yud<\/em>\u201d represents the number ten; Joshua needed this letter to resist the wrongful advice of the ten doubtful scouts whom did not believe that Israel could conquer the Land of Canaan. Joshua, along with Caleb, had faith in Moses and God\u2019s plan even when all of the other Tribes were doubtful. Joshua is the warrior who lead the Israelites\u2019 conquest throughout the Land of Canaan later in Tanakh, and perhaps he could not have done so without this added \u201c<em>yud<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We learn that much like every letter of the Torah contains a special meaning, so too does every letter of a name hold significance. Joshua was only able to reach his potential as a leader and individual once his name change was complete. 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