Vayakhel: Leadership Skills

Welcome to Thank you for joining us. It's a long par this week and if you say long ding long day I get so excited um because really because of that makes me look forward to it every year. So thank you for giving me the opportunity to resay to retell one of my favorite in the world. came forth with their generous donation to to the to the Mishkan to the Mishkan. of why did the why did the when it came to the man tremendousity in his reason of being the first one to donate to the campaign and yet they like this let them give what they're going to give the people your campaign I will be I'll complete the whole thing you do your campaign and come to me I'll bring you to your goal it's a very nice way of thinking I think any fundraiser would be glad to have a donor who tells him that what's missing once since everything was done. So there was nothing left for them to do. So they brought that was what was left for them to do because they were lazy. They're missing a letter. They were punished for missing letter. It's missing a Y. That's what Rashi says. So I heard from Rabbi he asked what you're missing a letter of good in the CM because you were lazy because you were late to the game. How does that reflect so to speak what they did? How does how does the punishment fit the crime for lack of a better crime? How does this the effect of what they did show itself express itself in the fact that took a out of the letter N just to be mocked which once said he said a man came to talk to me this week tell him of his he said Rebby he wants to go to business he made a lot of money this guy and he says I want to expand my business I already did okay but I'm I'm reaching an age now we I need change and I want I want to go into a different business and my wife tells me what do you need it for we have money we're okay we're able to pay our bills relax a little it. So says, "It sounds like a very good wife." Right? Then he continues. He says, "This tells him, my wife is choking me." And explains what he wanted from his wife was to say, "Go do it. Go do more things. You have so much to give. You're young. You're talented. You're creative. Go do something more." Instead, she's talking, "No, no, you're getting it now. Sit back." He didn't appreciate it. Sounds superficial like she's being, you know, taking care of him. But if you think deeper, it's not really what he wanted. makes the point he makes that people want to be pushed to expand. Anyhow, back to this. So said what was the the problem of the obsess laziness? They weren't lazy. They said we'll we'll make up whatever's missing. Much worse. They underestimated their people. They said let the people give and whatever's missing we'll give. That means you don't realize the generosity of your people. You're you're underestimating the the the kindness and the the the the bountifulness, the generosity, the hearts of your people. If you think something's going to be left over, don't you understand that your people are capable of doing everything that they're just going to give and give and give? And if you didn't, you're not a ni. You're not a leader. It's felt in the sea. It's felt in the leadership. A leader is somebody who expects great things from his people and aspires great things from these people because you believe they are capable of great people. If you're limiting what they're going to do, then you're not a Nazi. So, the letting is missing from the because your leadership is is is missing something. What great leaders do is they see the potential and the possibility of the people that they're leading and they see them as great.