Shoftim

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Shoftim

Where have they gone,

Leaders by a greater light guided,

Not out of pride,

But out of calling.

Where might they be found,

Those humble ones,

Who only reluctantly leave the peace,

 of home, farm, village.

Where are the ones who toil,

Not for horses, nor wives,

Nor silver, nor gold,

But for a higher purpose.

Where should we search,

For one who treasures the klal,

And cherishes the prat,

And teaches by example.

Look to the one who remains above the fray,

Who learns from the errors of our past,

And thus, to whom we are all inclined,

To listen.