This week we hopped on the road of perek daled in Eicha and learned about how people are finally coming to terms with the fact they sinned, and that is why God destroyed them and Yerushalayim. While it great that B'nei Yisrael has realized their destruction come from their sins, I want to focus on the aspect of the leaders causing them to sin the first place.
Though the people did sin on their own and it was between them and God in the end, the leaders were the ones who became corrupt and influenced them to sin in the first place. They were placing bamot and idols in the Beit HaMikdash, worshipping avodah zara, and oppressing their people as a whole. The leaders were the core source of the people's in, and that shows us that no matter how famous or powerful someone is, they are not always the best to lead a people.
I would like to take a step back from Eicha specifically, and focus on one specific celebrity in our society today who started off as innocent leaders and role models, but have now ended up in a pit of trouble.
The first is Justin Bieber. I remember the days when I worshipped the Bieber. He was role model for coming musicians and showed the general public that you don't have to come from a previously famous family to succeed and become and role model for people around the world. Once Bieber, acquired all the women, wealth, and influence, he went downhill and got haughty. In recent news, Bieber was deported back to Canada.
We must be careful of how we handle our power and the influence it has on our leadership skills and abilities. We must not act like the leaders back then and Justin Bieber now.
I don't agree that Justin Bieber was ever necessarily a leader or role model. Yes, there were fans who were obsessively in love with him, but they didn't necessarily agree with all of his morals and ideology. We could be respectful towards him, but now it doesn't even seem that he deserves that respect anymore.
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