The Heart of the Nation

The verse in the Torah which addresses the Jewish people, divides them into ten categories, from “the heads of your tribes” to “your water drawers.”

“The heads of your tribes” refers to those that lead by teaching Torah. As G-d Himself says of Moses, the quintessential Jewish leader, “Remember the Torah of Moses, My servant.”

Yet the Torah also tells us that all the needs of the nation were provided by Moses – a sign that a true leader must also be a “water drawer.”