Half-Torah/הַפְטָרָה - Simchas Torah/V'Zos HaBrachah: Series Finale! The End, The Beginning, Or Something Else Entirely? (Yehoshua 1:1-18) 📜🔄➡️

In the final Haftarah of the year, we begin the first chapter of Navi. It is the only Haftarah that appears chronologically next to the Krias HaTorah. It is literally the next chapter of Tanach. It seems like an obvious choice of Haftarah. But also notice: It is also the only Haftarah that doesn’t correspond to the Maftir. Also, besides for finishing V'Zos HaBrachah, on Simchas Torah, we begin Bereishis again as well. Does the Haftarah have anything to do with that? What is Simchas Torah really about?