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Searching for the Donkeys | Five Qualities of Jewish Leadership

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

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deals with what we would call the parsha of the melech the king it speaks about the possibility of appointing a jewish king and most importantly the legislation that should define that ought to define leadership monarchy and judaism so let's see the first source it's parashat scheiften perek youth zion prosecutor that's devarim deuteronomy chapter 17 verse 14. moshe is speaking to the jewish people moshe is speaking to the jewish people and he says as follows i'll translate it when you're going to come to the land that hashem gives you and you're going to settle it and you might say asimo alaim just like all the nations around me i i here is the collective eye the jewish people i want to appoint a king we want a leader we want a monarch just like all of the other nations have just like all of the other nations have a leader so the pasa continues you should appoint upon yourself a king somebody hashem will choose me but don't bring in a foreigner as a king it should be a brother meaning somebody from within your people because leadership requires somebody who really understands the geist the zeitgeist the energy the the geist the zeitgeist the energy the the characteristics of the people it should be from amongst you iraq it's a big rock however here is legislation this king should not have personally should not own many horses the primary center for breeding the most gorgeous and powerful horses was egypt i'd want them to have many horses and

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