How do we Define a Leader - Rabbi Moshe Don Kestenbaum

how do we define a leader there are many ideas that come to mind but i want to share with you one that to me is most critical to being a leader the gemara tells us the end of sata then the times of mashiach the leaders of the generation kellef will be like the face of a dog what does that mean that the leaders of generation will be like the face of the dog review that when a master walks with the dog and the dog is running ahead of the master it appears it looks like the master is following the dog but if you pay a little look a little closer you'll see that every so often the dog turns around and if the master turns around and starts walking the other way the dog turns around and follows the master and walks the other way so while it looks like the dog is leading the master in reality the master is leading the dog maybe charles lanter explains the times of mashiach before mishiach the leaders will be weak they'll be like the face of a dog that even though they're in front of the nation but they're always looking back and seeing do they have the people's approval what are people saying they're dependent and looking towards the people leadership is somebody that lives their life in such a way where they are not trying to win other people's approval they're not trying to get likes it's not a popularity contest they're living with one mission and that mission is ratzo and hashem to do what hashem wants to live our lives for what we believe in what we feel is true what we believe is right that's our focus that's our goal what happens when we live our life in such a way that we're focused on doing what's right we're not trying to win popularity contests we don't always do what's popular because we're committed above all to do what's right what happens is that people turn to us and they see us and they see our direction our example and they follow that example of people that are committed to al-qarash baruch to hashem not people that are wary as much as what everyone else thinks that's what it means to be a leader if we live our lives the proper way maybe we're not cut out to be the spokesman for our community maybe we're not going to be that leader in the public figure sets but just being people that live our lives the way we should being people that are focused on the will of hashem that makes us leaders that makes us people that others turn to us and are inspired by us and learn from us how to live their lives we should be zoho to be true leaders thank you for listening [Music]