The Difference Between Power and Influence - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

[Music] good evening you wanna know and welcome to all of you across the globe especially I want to welcome all of the communities and congregations that are meeting together and learning studying together with us across the world I know from classes in Melbourne and in San Paulo in London and in Los Angeles and many other states and cities around the globe welcome to all of you the difference between power and influence is our theme today a reflection on one of the most vital and relevant distinctions articulated in the teachings of Judaism it is one of the most majestic and inspiring declarations to come out from the mouth of the greatest prophets Moses moisture obey knew the context is important the Jewish people are hungry they come to their leader asking for food yet once again this time Moses cannot bear the pressure any longer he turns to God and he says why me why did you impose upon me this tremendous excruciating burden of leadership I cannot do it and God then tells them to appoint 70 elders I will shear your spirit with them they will carry the burden together with you they too shall become prophets and indeed Moses summons the seventy people they begin to prophesy but then something happens please open your curriculums right below the video there is a PDF document you can open it up print it out the Torah tells this story in The Book of Numbers in Chapter 11 by Lisa Perry get out via Charu Shanaya no Simba machina shame ha Asad elder drew shame her SHANY made odd photonic Allium Haru two people remained in the camp the name of the one was elder the name of the other was made odd and the Spirit of the Divine rested on them Bahama box oven Vilayet soy ella they were on the list of prophets but they never went out to the tent with the other prophets gathered to prophesize they remained in the camp by you snob Obama Herman they remain in the camp and they prophesize in the camp of Israel by your return our viola Mahavira Morel Dada made that miserable Americana and the young lad ran and related the news to moisture to Moses elder then made that our prophesizing in the camp well Yahya issue have been known mysterious motion blur of Valmer joshua wire issuer the son of known the servant of moses and one of his greatest men responded and said at Dinah my client my master Moses incarcerate them stop them lock them up these two people elder than made that who are prophesizing apparently Joshua feels that this cannot be tolerated two individuals elder than made that in the camp standing and speaking the Word of God stop them claw him lock them up incarcerated by yo in Melanesia and Moses responds to his servant yahushua Joshua and says i'm a kanay utterly are you jealous for me who me attain call am hashem nevian would it only be that the entire nation of God become prophets ket na Seamus Raphael iam that God may confer his spirit upon them you our Seles for me Makana you're jealous for my sake you want me to lock up elder than made that my wish is me Ethan that the entire nation of God every one of them would be an avi a prophet that God would confer his spirit upon the entire nation of Israel that concludes this story there's another story just a few chapters later in numbers in the portion of Clara it's numbers 16 this is numbers 11 that's number 16 what happens there a man Kyra ha who was a relative of Moses of moisture from the tribe of Lavy summons a very distinguished and prominent delegation to rebel against the leadership of Moshe and the leadership the priesthood of his older brother Aaron Kyra members of the Reuven night tribe 250 distinguished prominent men of Israel all gather in a revolt against moisture and iron open up source number 2 please bring it up in your curriculums via Carlo a moisture valor and they assembled against Moses and Aaron I am Who I am and they said Ravel ahem enough power you have taken for yourself key color a de Coulomb Venusian orbital motion the entire community is holy and God dwells amongst them whom I do what is Nassau alcoholics why should you exalt yourself on the community of God by ich Malaysia why she hears these words ye pull up on earth and he falls on his face he then challenges the complainers the rebels he challenges them in order to demonstrate that their accusations and their demands are absurd are ridiculous Moses rebukes them very sharply when he tells Kairos and his colleagues he says is it not enough that you have been chosen from the rest of the Jewish people to serve as the Levites in the temple arrival ahem Bonet LaVey he says enough power you have children of Lavy Oba costum camp Kahuna you need the priesthood as well and then ultimately Moses turns to God and challenges those who are rebelling against him and says and it's the only time he asks for a miracle in the entire Torah is the only time Moses asks God to perform a miracle and he says if God creates a new creation and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up I shall be vindicated and if not not now let's understand the different responses of Moses in the correct situation and in the elder made the situation listen to Clarisse words again in source number two what did Clara say Carla aid the Colombian the entire community is wholly open ties to my son and God is among them whom I do what is now so alcohol a sham why do you lift yourself up why do you exalt yourself on the community of God and Moses responds with Moses responds with tremendous strength and fourths and makes sure to eliminate first silence and then when it doesn't help eliminate opposition contrast that to his graceful and generous and majestic responds when he hears that elder than made odd our usurping his position in Joshua's eyes Moses as the prophet Moses appointed seventy prophets under him and suddenly there are two independent prophets who are usurping or competing with his position Joshua says there was no room for this claw him incarcerate them lock them up and what's Moishe's response how Makani Ottilie you're jealous for me o me eat in Kalama seven of him I would want every single Jew to be a prophet I don't want to be the Prophet myself my greatest wish and desire in life is to see every Jewish woman man and child being an avi being a prophet I am glad I am overjoyed and elder than made neither prophesizing outside of my domain dark ADIS hitchcock rabbi yitzchak i rama of the fifteenth century great commentator and philosopher extols here the the grace of moses it says that people are jealous of others besides your own child and your own student but carl auer miss connie suits me but i even told me there the rabbi's say he says but here moses went beyond that he was completely not envious he was so happy i would like every jew to be a prophet it's not my thing career i said the same words with his colleagues everybody is holy god dwells among everybody everybody is sacred why are you greater why are you the Prophet we might have expected Moses to say ah Oh me II think oh I'm a sham movie instead Moses challenges them and challenges them with ferocious clarity and determination to the extent that he understands that this must be eliminated this quest that his position be shared with the entire nation that Moses is no different than anybody else Moses will not embrace it he will not accept it why the contrast between the generosity of spirit by Elder than made odd and the fierce come back during the complaint and rebellion of Kyra Hanna's colleagues there is a lovely observation by the rabbi's deviator irani mamako mahadeva shiva maka maka the words of Torah are impoverished in one place but they're wealthy in another place which means sometimes when you study one source or two sources you can get the full picture - I really appreciate the concept but you have to go elsewhere there is even a sharper statement by the rabbi's and the sages and Tyrus client him and it's recited by many every single morning before prayers one over the 13 principles which Moses communicated to the Jewish people the formula they would use in order to interpret the Bible and deduce all of the relevant laws from the Torah and the final principle is snakes of mhmm accretions as a chav oaxaca Sauvage Elisheva at 11:00 a.m. sometimes there are two verses in the Torah which contradict each other and we wait for the third verse to come and reconcile between the two verses something similar can be said about this discussion there was the story of Elder and made ad one story there was the story of Kairos rebellion a second story the response of Moses in each case seems diametrically seemed so different than really diametrically opposed to each other but there is a third story we want to introduce and that's also in the Book of Numbers the first story is in numbers chapter 11 elder then made them the second story numbers chapter 16 Kyra the third story is towards the end of numbers numbers chapter 27 the portion of pin house by now Moses knows that he will not take the Jews into the promised land he will pass away he turns to the Almighty and asks him to appoint a successor Yashiro boy somebody who has spirit in him somebody who will be able to shepherd people as Moses shepherded them through so faithfully for more than four decades do not leave the nation of God Moses pleads with his creator like flock without a shepherd and that's when God responds to him please bring up source number three parsha spin chose the portion of pinches its source number three in your curriculums again a PDF right below the video Baia Mare Hashem on my cigar tells Moses calculus Yeshua be known Yashiro boy take Joshua the son of noon a man who has spirit in him for Samantha as yatra all of you shall lay your hand on him vomit Atari saloon al-azhar acclaim with a fennec kool-aid the BBC's Alania place him in front of eleazar eleazar who was the high priest succeeded his father Aaron after Aaron's death and in front of the whole community and commissioned him before their eyes when eSATA may hide haul off and you shall sheer part of your majesty you shall place part of your majesty on him you said you shall confer some of your splendor or authority or majesty on him LeMond you Shmuel coladas Benicio so the entire community of Israel would obey Him and he will bring them out and he will bring them in he will lead them to war and he will lead them to victory as the Bible the Torah continues now let's analyze two expressions here which seem at first glance redundant God tells Moses take your shoe 'take Joshua versamark does your Hall of you shall lay your hand on him obviously symbolizing the concept of transferring Moses's power influence leadership Majesty to Joshua place your hand lay your and on him we call it Smith huh then he says then esata may hate all of you shall confer some of your authority or Majesty on him what is the difference between Moses placing his hands on Joshua symbolizing transferring some of his presence or power and shearing his authority when Assad to my hotel off is it simply redundant no comes the Madras the oral commentary and interpretation on the Torah and shares with us a very intriguing comment a commentary which at first glance only makes things more difficult to understand rather than solving the problem source number for Zug the Madras this is manjushri abba Pinkus afoul of tesla of 2115 this semester's your true love when God tells most my place your hand on Joshua it's Kim modeling name in 8th it's like lighting one candle from another candle Venice a tomato Kamara McKay Leela Kaley but when God tells Moses share part of your authority your Majesty with Joshua it's like empting one vessel into another vessel there is no redundancy that matter says it's two different models and experiences there is lighting one candle from another candle and then there is empting one vessel into another vessel so God was telling Moses two different things first he told them the samasta see all of you shall lay your hand on Joshua what is that like that is lighting what candle from another candle Moses is a candle and he's lighting he's kindling the second candle the candle of Joshua then God says when esata mcauliffe you shall place on him you shall give him part of your authority or splendor Majesty this is like empting from one vessel to another this what does the mattress mean what is the difference between these two metaphors how do they relate to these words why is God telling Moses to do both things the mangoush raava is often brief and cryptic it has many commentators one of the greatest commentators to Madras Rama do it actually I want to mention two one was a man named he's known as the mahashiv rabbi zev Volf Einhorn and the other is known as the rod owl rabbi david Lauria they both lived in the early half of the 19th century rabbis a evolve Einhorn passed away in 1862 he lived in the city of Harada in Poland Russia depends depends who conquered that week that's ribs evolve Einhorn and his commentary is known as Peters mehar's of the commentary of Marino arrive ribs a wolf it's a very famous and popular commentary for those who study Madras rub the rag doll rabbi dovid Luria passed away a few years earlier in 1855 he lived in Lithuania in a city called big of tremendous scholar and prolific writer and he also wrote a commentary on Madras robber known as parish horrid owl the commentary of their Adal rabbi dovid Lauria it happens to be than in this instance and this Madras they both say the same thing they both share the same idea to explain what the Madras means but in source number five we inserted the language of the Massif rabbis AVO final who says like this source number five all the Indian hahaaha Veeru ha kodesh diamond Lamade leaked name in a generation Cossack law when it came to wisdom and divine inspiration Moses was compared to lighting one candle from another candle in which the first candle is lacking nothing by shearing its flame it's light with the second camp the service amassed a circle of highness mrs. herkiman Lee Roth died in Oaxaca and this is the meaning of the first expression you shall lay your hands on him which is like the concept of ordaining sages ordaining ask allah to become a rabbi a judge a harem a great scholar we all know the term Smitha which is used till today when a student who has studied and excelled in his studies is ordained by a superior or a senior scholar rabbi judge and sage it's called Smitha which literally means to lean to lay his hands on him and this is the expression with Samantha's jhatka you shall lay your hand on your host schewe ordain him and share with him your wisdom your inspiration that's lighting one candle from another candle in which the first candle lacks nothing of its original brightness by illuminating on the second candle Marcia cost of an eSATA may hide her love hina Wahid mal Hosanna mashaallah the second verse you shall confer some of your majesty on him is referring to the splendor of kingship and rulership Bizet daemul Amira Mikhail al Kalish Lena Schneier B clay Irish and clone here Moses is compared to somebody emptying one vessel into another vessel because there's nothing left in the first vessel carnitine column am xolali joshua fallen sth on my Shack alone ultimately the entire leadership over Israel was transferred to Joshua and none of it remained in the domain of Moses so it's like empting one vessel filled with water into the other vessel the second vessel now has the water the first vessel now lacks the water unlike when I light one candle from another candle after I like the second candle the second candle is burning but the first candle is still burning not like when I empty one container one to another vessel where after I finished doing that the first vessel is now empty and the second vessel is so the Maha Reserve and their adal are telling us that there are two different features existing in the life of moisture and both of them he had to transfer to your ashore and hence the two languages with Samantha's yatra a love and the second when esata may hide all of this is not redundant rather we're talking about two different characteristics and components let's explain the difference between these two things and let's explain why the first one is comparable to a candle from a candle and the second tempting one vessel from another vessel and I'm thankful for part of the discussion part of the discussion to the famous teacher and author nahama Leibovitz in her commentaries and writings on the himesh as well as an essay by Britain's Chief Rabbi Celina Yaron your highness and Jonathan Sacks there are two dimensions or forms of leadership there is what we call power and there is influence the two are often confused after all people who have power yield influence and people who have influence also possess a certain amount of power that's true but essentially these are two very different models two very different concepts they operate in different ways and they are actually opposed in most every possible fashion there'll be people who don't have any power but they have lots of influence and there are people who have tremendous power but sometimes they have very little influence or no influence at all in biblical times we have this model by a division that the Tanakh always makes between the kings and the prophets the mellah the king and the Navi the Kings had power the king had tremendous power he had the power to ascribe certain behavior to the Jewish people to tax them to draft him and tell the army to lead the nation to war to build to conquer to guide to penalise to punish and so on and so forth the Prophet usually had no power whatsoever had no legions and no troops and no military strategists and no generals had nobody under his command through which he can enforce his power could not collect taxes from the people and it not to lead the nation from the point of view of power but what influence the Prophet adds how much I saw how much influence and sometimes far more influence than any king ever had what is the real difference between power and influence the power of power is power we've got that the power of influence is the lack of power the power of power what gives power its power is that people in certain positions of power have the power to coerce and force their way or their position on other people whatever the realm of power is the power of influence is that I have power it's that I can show or teach or inspire somebody else to look at the world in a new way so that he or she by their own volition and choice will come to behave differently or live differently or do something or not do something this is true in almost any position this distinction is true them take a teacher an educator a principal the principal and the teacher has power you have a certain amount of power how you can deal what you can do with the student you can expel the student you can penalize the student you can punish the student it doesn't necessarily mean you have influence there are some parents parents have power over their children they can decide how the house runs and how the children live their lives and when they go to sleep and when they get up and what they do and what they don't do and they can enforce it through different ways of power then there are teachers there are parents who have influence on their students have influence on their children there's two major differences between power and influence which will clarify I think very well the difference between them power operates by division influence operates by multiplication meaning this if I have complete power over something say I am the founder and the owner of a corporation a company a very successful and rich company I have the complete power over but I need money I need investors so at some point to have to share my power with others and therefore I share it with nine people I give 9 people ownership power over this corporation or company what happens I'm now left with percent of what I had initially the more I shear the more I lose if I have to give it away I have nothing if I give away 90% I'm left with 10% if I give away 50% I'm left with half I'm left with half that's how power operates the definition of power is the power of power is that I have it the moment you also have it we now share it I have less of it the moment the third person is brought into the equation I have less of it with influence it's exactly the other way around imagine I have a vision I have a dream I have a passion for something I have a perspective and now I share my influence with nine other people I share my vision with nine other people and I inspire them to share that vision that perspective that passion what happened now did I lose did I lose my influence now I have nine times the amount of what I had before it works in multiplication on a division the more I fear the more I have now it's not only me who shares this vision now there's ten people so my influence is increased the power is diminished but the influence is only increased and if it's shared with a hundred people it's increased only more and more to put it one way is you could say the power of power is that I own it the power of influences that I don't own it that's its power power can only exist when I own at the moment I don't own it it's not power anymore the power of influence is exactly that I don't own it and because I don't own it the more I share it the more influence I have there's another major difference between the two power always ceases with death the moment the person dies they lose the power if I own something somebody owns something somebody has power over something the moment their life lives they obviously don't have that power they can't hold on to it their grip is not there anymore legally there's no ownership the King dies the King has no power the king is dead influence works exactly the other way influence usually is increased with death sometimes it only begins with death as long as the person is alive they can have power a lot of power when they die the power is gone but the influence sometimes it begins to flourish after they died when their ideas when their values when their passions when their perspectives when their ideologies when their philosophies take root in the minds and hearts of students and pupils and disciples and other people who continue to carry their torch the Kings and the prophets are very good example for this who remembers today Yasha fought who remembers our cause och of Yahoo they had a lot of power tremendous power to kill to slaughter to murder to destroy to conquer but they died and that was the end of their power shifts to somebody else the profits had no power but they had influence and what type of influence till today were moved by the fight of Elio and avi Elijah against corruption by the fight of ammos for social justice by the vision of Uzziah Navi about the end of days they move us their words their visions move us till this very day back to parents and students and teachers what's the difference between parents who have only power over their children or teachers who have only power over their students versus teachers and parents who have influence over their children and students it's very simple the moment they're gone if my relationship to you is a relationship of power in other words I can make you do something because I have power over you the moment I am gone out of your life the moment the student has graduated from school the moment the students have groats this child has growing up and left the house of totty and mommy that relationship is gone that influence is gone because it's an influence that came through power but when I have influence over you not power over you in other words when I inspired you to look at the world in a different way so that you on your own develop certain attitudes and values and morals and instincts and emotions and lifestyles then it has become yours and since it has become yours when I'm not there it's yours and it may only increase and increase even more so again power operates by division influence always by multiplication power ceases when the person is gone influence begins or increases grows when the person is gone their influence does not stop it's fascinating that there's two portions that have the name life Kyocera the life of Sarah and vehicle Jacob lived both portions deal with these people after they died the life of Sarah the first verse says she lived under than 27 years and she died in Kiryat Arba and thereby siak of jacob lived for 17 years in egypt he became sick he blesses his children and he dies and the name of both portions is the life of Sarah the life of Jacob when the portions deal actually with their death because the great power of Sarah and Jacob was not in power was an influence if their greatness comes from power obviously after they're gone there's no power anymore their physical lives are gone their ownership the power element is gone with death but the influence element the influence element the power of influence is not the power it's the lack of power the power of influence is that it's not me it's not me holding on to it on the contrary it's an idea that can be shared and shared and shared and then I only grow the power and me is diminished but the influence I have only grows and grows with every person that gets it there every person who continues to speak these words and to share these ideas the original person's influence only grows not the power of it but the influence of it how it influences others I think now we can understand very clearly that Meldrick that to that double mission or that double those two things that Moses had to give to Joshua Moses is told the Samak desert hollow lay your hands on Joshua he's also told the nurse a tomato it all off you shall share your authority with them you shall confer some of your authority so the meddler says in one is lighting a candle form a candle in one he's emptying a vessel to a vessel a simple Madras but look what is contained in these words Moses had two roles Moses was the leader of the Jewish people he's the one who made decisions he had power over the nation the Rambam calls Moses a melon she was a king he decided when the Jews will go to the war he led the people he can punish them he can instruct different instructions that would affect them individually and collectively he led them through their journey in the desert he decided and he said they were going here we're going there now we do this now we do this he had power over the people in every area this he had to give to Joshua Venice Ottoman caliph and on this the rabbi say de barajas ladarius native our homeland our generation can have one leader not two leaders Ange named Elohim assumption because Erica the Talmud says beautiful expression two kings cannot we're the same crown which means very simply you cannot have two people you can have two bosses running the same area the same institution if you would have two people competing over the same entity it creates havoc it creates destruction creates anarchy if you're running a company you're running a store you're running an organization you're running a movement you're running a house a family of school and it's divided among different people who are in the same realm we're not talking about leaders in different areas in the same realm they're both making decisions and the decisions are competing against each other it creates a disaster in the house it's like when a mother it makes one decision a father makes another decision and they're both forcing it in the house the poor kids are living in a very disoriented and disorganized home or school or whatever the institution is or business it happens often it can't work that way da barracks of Luther when it comes to power and every every situation something a situation needs power needs leadership there's only one leader so God says Moses shear your majesty evenness Optima - your majesty your authority your splendor your leadership your maluca my mashaallah gift to joshua like empting one vessel to another vessel i had power over the company now i give it over to you i retire i was the one who was in control of the nation now i give it over to you you're in control i'm no longer in control that's the model of power that's why it says when esata may I tell of the monayi Shmuel give them your authorities they should I obey you this is obeying is a language of power so that you shall lead them to war in victory this is a language of power not influence that's model number one but Moses was first and foremost a prophet Moses was a leader Moses was the decisive the one who managed and led the people and had to make decisions like a king but Moses first and foremost was a prophet Moses was a visionary Moses was a man of God who communicated the vision the perspective the Torah the mitzvahs the vantage point of the creator of heaven and earth and now he's asked to share that power with your issue of assam access your call of hear the measure says it schematic name innate it's lighting one candle from another candle when I light one candle my candle doesn't stop burning bring me another 50 candles a hundred candles a thousand candles what happens before there was only my light burning and now there's a thousand candles burning so what happens there's more eight in the world in the language of power the more candles I light the more we have to divide in the language the more if I'm emptying its empty vessels it's not like lighting candles so if I empty my vessel into one vessel I got nothing he got it got the other vessel got everything if I divide it into ten vessels it's divided among ten but if I take my candle and I like ten candles now this summation is there's more light in the world and the first light did not get decreased nothing was taken away from it now you'll understand the difference we will understand the difference between Kyra and Eldad and Medad it was two very different stories Kyra was seeking Moses's power when Kyra says everybody is holy why do you exalt yourself what Caracas challenging is Moses is power Moses is leadership moisture Abby knows Melissa and Erin's priesthood that's what Clara wants if moisture would not stand up to Kyra he would seriously compromise the very office he was empowered to run if every Jew would be the balla boss if every Jew would be the master and everybody would make decisions how the Jewish people live how they operate where they go where they travel where they rest what they do what they don't do you have the danger of complete anarchy and chaos and destruction Cara was trying to usurp the position of moisture nabe know as a meddler as a leader table or a salad or even a double dare you can't have two leaders you can't have two people making decisions an organization and a nation calls for power power is not evil it has its limitations but there's situations that call for power you need a bell a boss you need somebody to take control if somebody nobody takes control you left with complete havoc somebody has to make decisions in the realm of power career F was trying to undermine that much to put a stop immediately said you're Avalos M Binet levy you already have great positions of power you need moral because Tim Duncan and that's what they were looking for he put a stop to it and ultimately a miracle occurs which ends the rebellion as Clara and his men are swallowed up with elder than made that it's a different story you see with Chi rafts there's always a winner and a loser one person has to win one person has to lose somebody's gonna take power in 1917 there was the famous revolution in Russia the revolution was in the name of equality but what were the results of the revolution the revolution which led to communist Russia was fought in the name of everybody's equal just like Iraq said everybody is holy but what were the results of the revolution the results of the revolution was complete control and dominance to the extent that the last vestiges of freedom in Russia were crushed the paradise of Marxist socialism turned in to a living hell on earth in the name of equality Animal Farm in the name of equality kool-aid everybody is equal there's no class divisions anymore what happened the worst totalitarian regime and control of power that was usurped they're not given to the masses taken by certain individuals depriving the Liberty and the freedom of the masses this was at the core of chaos complained why she stopped it elder then made that is a different story it's not an issue of power it's an issue of influence here there's no one winner and one loser it's not a question of who's going to lead the people in the case of elder than made odd everybody wins you see elder than made that didn't want Moses's power elder than made that were vessels who received Moses as inspiration they were elevated beings who can begin to sense the reality of God in the world the spirit the influence the energy of Moses was shared with them they became part of that sinful now look at something I will see how meticulous things are how do we know this take a look at source number six bajalia chapter 11 Moses complains that he can't lead the people so God tells him a point 70 liters source number six we are additive at the bottom for some but salty Minoru Akasha LS of Assam TLA I'm going to speak to you there at the tent and I will emanate part of the spirit that's on you and place on them on the seventy elders these are the seventy prophets he's appointing before elder that made the start prophesized so the Madras in the air in bow-wows source number seven but mid Barabbas says VM Tamar has gained him choice and of the Watson we shall merge - I'm accustomed in the Mosaic law if the elders were using the prophesy of Moses perhaps he started to lack in his power of prophecy laughs no llamar de ver de lima linda shahe dialog with liquor momento common ADA's for earthly coastal Acosta it's like a candle that was burning and they lit from it many candles and the first candle did not lose any of its brightness Afghan Mishima shillelagh cossack l'm here to moses was missing nothing should never ever like calm na VI he saw it be slow Kamisha the past success there was never again as a prophet who stood up like moses so the madras clearly says in this story of the prophets right before well that i made that this is the model of the candle 70 candles were lit from the first candle but the first candle is missing nothing and raschi brings it as well Lemar my shadow my boyish Arashi says who was moisture compared to at that moment Lynnae shamanic algarve in my narrative our coil mudlick in amen oh there is a flame a lamp that's placed on a candelabra everyone is lighting their candles from advance a Klum and it's light has been them has not been diminished in any way that's the model of the Prophet so an elder that made that our prophesizing they are candles or were lit from Moses is candle so now Joshua comes in screams yoshua about dynamite Shack lion moysha says I'm I can't I have to leave you're jealous my wish is that the entire nation becomes prophets that God confers his spirit upon everybody this is not the language of powers language of influence my influence is not diminished if there are many prophets if every single drew is a prophet if every single Jew carries that torch of righteousness and justice and goodness and holiness and godliness within his or her soul and within his or her spirit and this interestingly may also be the connection between this story and the name of the portion we know there's a great idea that the name of everything of every person of every object captures its essence the name of the portion that tells the story of elder than made that is bajalia which means when you will ascend Rashi in the beginning of the portion says it should have said bad liquor speak to Aaron bad liqueur saneras it talks about Aaron the priest kindling the menorah the candelabra every day in the sanctuary but liquor scenarios when you light the candles instead it says Baha boys hasan airs when you lift up the candles or when the candles ascend so the meddra the rabbi's answer the gomorian Shabbos Rashi brings that from here you learn chats arias Lahab llyich actually he shall have his Allah may Allah that he has to Kindle the lamps to the extent that the flame rises on its own by Howley skarssen areas not just Kindle the flame just Kindle it you see it's burning leaf you have to make sure ba Jalisco as son areas that the flame is going up on its own chata he shall have this Allah may Allah it's going up on its own it's not just burning because you're holding a match or a torch to it it's burning on its own that's the name by Allah saw and that's the law and kindling them and I are yet to wait the same story the difference between power and influence is this exact difference in power I coerce you because of my power I have a certain power to change things in a company in a nation in a country in an organization in a household in a classroom in a movement in an office wherever it is granted influence speaks a different language influence speaks the language of bioloid school Cheeta he shall have asylum a lad that I inspire you and I teach you and I show you how you can see life in new ways in a different way so that you are inspired to embrace a new ideal and a no vision on your own that's the language of influence this language of biological Moses says this is who I am meet in Kalama seminary I want everybody to be a prophet it's not about me holding on it's not about control elder they made that are speaking the Word of God hooray there's another million elder than made ads hooray this may be the explanation behind something else as well why did Joshua get so upset that eldena made it were prophesizing at the surface it seems he felt that the competition is dangerous how many prophets how many people are gonna be speaking in the name of God it's dangerous Lock them up you cannot afford this type of individual expression in the community so Moses says stop it don't be jealous I would like everybody to be a prophet but the truth is as our sages point out Joshua was not just upset by the fact that they were prophesizing joshua was upset about what they were prophesizing source number 6 source number source number 8 the Gemara in Sanhedrin bring up source number 8 Sanhedrin defuse ayan Omid Aleph o manna who and his Nabu I'm rumors I'm a seer sure much less a sister our Lord's elder than made that were not just sheering words of lovely mushy dovey inspiration they were prophesizing that Moses will die and Joshua will bring the Jewish people into the land in fact look further - he says on the words Chloe my dineymarie claw him incarcerated in the crash she turn a male basically put them in prison if he shall you miss not motion made special makkal assistance or largest role because they were saying that moisture is gonna die and Joshua will bring the Jewish people into the Land of Israel now at this point this is before the story of Moses in the rack everybody with certain Moses will bring them into the land and here two people elder than made that are standing and prophesizing that moisture a Bain who is going to die and who will take over Joshua Joshua heard this he tells my said two people are sitting and saying you're gonna die and I'm gonna take over put them in prison incarcerate them what was Moishe's response moshus response was you're jealous I would like everybody to be prophets but one second Joshua's not talking about that Josh was talking about the hood spin the audacity of two people saying Moshe is gonna die how is moisture responding to that the answer is one possible answer maybe this moisture a Boehner was telling you issuer you were missing the point I can't die people who are about power can die people who are about influence never die if my identity was about power control I own such a large corporation Jew the Jewish people dot-com the Torah dot-com the Jewish future.com then I could die but I'm not about power my ish boys on of me I'd moisture was completely humble it's not about me I am about a conduit I'm a conduit I'm a channel to share the purpose of existence the majesty of Torah Torah the Word of God the Jewish mandate to change the world with the Jewish people my power is that I have no power my power is that I don't own my power my power is that it's about you it's not about me my power is my powerlessness it's about that influence if it would be about power and wish assess and I can die but my life is cinema Deborah Smith on hearing me to say just say the divine presence spoke from the mouth of Moses it's not about me holding on it's about me eating coal are my sanity it's about empowering the Jewish people that everybody become a messenger Ashley are a conduit for God kita miss Rooke I am let everybody share the spirit share the inspiration let everybody walk around with the consciousness of Moses let everybody become saturated with the responsibility with the love with the vision with the depth with the moral majesty of Moses how my Conneaut to leave your shell this for me this can tie this never dies power can die influence doesn't die give it Lewis Rafa nice asparagus replica in the battalion said when he was burnt in the Torah scroll the parchment may be burnt but the letters will soar in the words of the Gemara Nevada Zahra influence doesn't die it continues to live and grow the power of Moses is not here today the influence of Moses is here right now right here in our hearts in our mouths in our minds in our homes in our lives in our schools and our yeshiva stand every through the influence of Moses every wherever you look this Moses the body of Moses the power of Rose is gone so when they say moisture mace and my shoe is screaming claw him lock them up I'm Akane Anthony you don't understand who I am in conclusion power the more we share the less we have influence the more we share the more we have in life sometimes we're called to exercise power but we always have to know the limitations of power don't get intoxicated with power because it's very narrow it's very limited and it's endurance is nothing close to the endurance of influence ultimately the use of power although sometimes important diminishes others the exercise of influence and largest others this is the great truth expressed in these stories not all of us have power but each and every one of us is capable of having influence for the good let's use it good night [Music]