When leaders atone: Parshat Shmini

Date

2023

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

The Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership

Abstract

In the ancient world, failure was often acknowledged and atoned for with the giving of a sacrifice. A sacrifice could not re-set or erase a mistake but created a ritualized break from it that required a significant loss or renunciation from the giver, let alone the animal. When we use the word sacrifice today, we usually mean that someone is ready to give up something of personal importance for a belief or an ideal or to achieve a particular result. On some level, the giving has to hurt to be meaningful.

Description

The weekly Bible portion

Keywords

failure, success, Leadership, Leviticus 9:7, Aaron (Bible character)

Citation

Brown, E. (2023, April 13). When leaders atone: Parshat Shmini. The Torah of Leadership. YUTorah.org. Yeshiva University.