Vaykira (5781): Lead with the Heart

from Something Spiritual · host Rabbi Yehuda Stern

G-d chose Moshe to be the leader to take the Jewish people out of Egypt. The Midrash teaches that G-d saw how caring he was to a small sheep that had left the flock, and decided that he had the qualities of a leader. Interesting that we don't find in the commentary that G-d chose Moshe because of his wisdom or IQ, but rather it was his heart that made him a worthy leader. "Praised are the people who gives-a-heart", Rashi tells us. Is leadership not about intellectual and academic knowledge? Why is empathy so important?

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G-d chose Moshe to be the leader to take the Jewish people out of Egypt. The Midrash teaches that G-d saw how caring he was to a small sheep that had left the flock, and decided that he had the qualities of a leader. Interesting that we don't find in the commentary that G-d chose Moshe because of his wisdom or IQ, but rather it was his heart that made him a worthy leader. "Praised are the people who gives-a-heart", Rashi tells us. Is leadership not about intellectual and academic knowledge? Why is empathy so important?

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