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June 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Well, this can be thought out in a few differents ways. First of all, we proved at Mount Sinai with the building of the golden calf that when left alone without leadership and only amongst equals, we basically fall off the derech and greatly veer away from the path of Holiness upon which we try to always tread. As a result, the Jewish people proved to Hashem that it is imperative that we have different leaders in order to remind and inspire our community of Hashem and his ways. That way, those with a stronger Yetzar Hara than Tov will find inspiration and confidence in beating that struggle because they see others who were able to reach higher spiritual planes.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
You can also think of this simply in political terms. When a nation is being presented to the world, you cannot have every single person within the nation stand for the nation. Instead you choose a representative, one who you think will bring a positive reputation and goodwill for your nation. You also must have leadership in for military operations. If the entire nation fights as equals, then it will simply be mass chaos, with each person doing what he or she thinks is the best fighting technique. Instead, with leaders, you have the most experienced and best trained and knowledgeable leaders who affect unity and organizaton into warfare. as a result, as little lives as possible are taken. Thus, a hierarchy must be established.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Lastly for today, it is important to look at societies throughout history, including our own. The societies that function the most efficiently are ones where the members each have different roles, and they work interdependently.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Hashem wants us to stay connected to one another, and it is a Mitzvah to consider each Jew your brother or sister. If everybody lived an independent lifestyle, then a need for interaction would not be facilitated, and this sense of family and community would never develop. If you think about it, no matter what the job, everybody is a leader in their own field. With education, teachers are leaders in the classrooms. Mothers in their homes. Rabbis in society. The Jewish King or a President for the society. When it comes to the meat industry, the Shochet is a leader. So it is necessary to make a hierarchy, because then every field of work is adequately covered to allow only the most nimble and knowledgeable minds in the chosen field to help raise the upcoming generations or ensure that the laws of Judaism, like Kashrut or Shabbat, are kept. By having those leaders concentrate only on their fields, it also allows them to focus all of their brainpower on that one job and Hashem Himself. The less multi-tasking one has to do, the greater opporunity, time, and effort they'll have to learn their one specific job.