Cursing the leader/Blessing the leader: Parshat Mishpatim
Date
2023-02-15
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The Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership
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Abstract
But Nahmanides, in his interpretation of our verse, adds that the root of “nasi” also means to lift up. The role of the leader is to lift up the follower. Perhaps the word also reminds us that leaders themselves need to be uplifted. If we lift up leaders, and they lift us up, maybe more people would sign up for these unpopular jobs. When leaders make mistakes, it is incumbent upon us to bring them to public attention, but there is a difference between constructive solutions and reckless gossip, between offering respectful feedback and cursing the leader.
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Weekly parsha
Keywords
Nasi, leaders, Parshat Mishpatim
Citation
Brown, E. (2023, February 15). Cursing the leader/Blessing the leader: Parshat Mishpatim. The Torah of Leadership. YUTorah.org. Yeshiva University.