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When Moshe appoints the spies to reconnoiter the land Hashem has promised to Bnei Yisroel, the Torah names the spies that represent each tribe. Then Moshe changes the name of Hosheah of the tribe of Ephraim to Yehoshua, adding a "yud" at the beginning of his name. Rashi comments on Moshe's actions by explaining that the name change, which would now begin with the two letters of God's name, was a prayer that Yehoshua not succumb to the persuasion of his fellow spies. Names are very important. Indeed they are somewhat prophetic. Every letter is important. Why, then, asks the Tallelei Chaim, can Moshe change the name of Hosheah unilaterally, and where did the "yud" that he added come from?
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