Sublime

through which he is best known to tradition: Moshe Rabbenu, the leader as teacher. Leadership is not a gift with which we are endowed at birth. It is something we acquire in the course of time, often after many setbacks, failures, and disappointments.

The sixth Rebbe deduced from this principle that Israel ben Eliezer (1698–1760), the Ba‘al Shem Ṭov, “master of a good name,” generally abbreviated as the Beshṭ, should be considered the “Moses of Ḥasidism” and Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the “Moses of Ḥabad.”

Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) boldly insists that in this amazing encounter, Moses serves as a paradigm for what is true of every human being: to be created in the image of God is to be assigned a specific task by God.

Moses

Moses—God uses him to bring the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery. The first five Bible books are traditionally referred to as “the books of Moses” because he wrote most of this material (with the exception of the account of his death).

Quant à Moïse, il est considéré être, avant même Zoroastre, le premier fondateur connu et nommé d’une religion.

Even if [the borrower does not offer] security, one is obligated to lend to him, and even give him a free gift,10

His first response to God’s call is a dual one: “Here I am!” . . . “Who am I?” (Ex. 3:4, 11).