Yitro: How to Lead
Yitro: How to Lead
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This week’s Torah portion is Yitro: How to Lead.
As the leader of the newly-freed Israelites, Moshe is engaged in the slightly ridiculous daily practice of acting as the judge (explicating God’s laws) for the people when they have trouble or disagreements with one another.
Yitro, Moshe’s father-in-law, takes one look at this practice and tells Moshe, he has to stop carrying the role of judge and leader alone.
In effect, he is telling Moshe that he has to let go.
About the Author
Special thanks to Yael Shy and our friends at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality for joining us in creating weekly Shabbat moments for your Friday nights.
Yael Shy is the CEO of Mindfulness Consulting, LLC, where she teaches and consults on mindfulness for universities, corporations, and private clients around the world. She is the author of the award-winning book, What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond (Parallax, 2017), and the founder of Mindful NYU, the largest campus-based mindfulness initiative in the US. Yael is a graduate of the IJS Jewish Mindfulness Teacher Training Certification.
