Elie Wiesel describes Moses as “the loneliest” character in the Bible. Moses is the ruler of an unruly bunch of former slaves, as well as a prophet and lawgiver, and, for a short time, the High Priest. As Wiesel puts it, Moses “embodies the very concept of leadership, with its collective triumphs and personal disillusionments.” And one of those disillusionments is loneliness.
Leaders often feel isolated. Multiple studies have corroborated the adage that “it is lonely at the top.” If so, Wiesel explains, Moses, the most extraordinary leader in Jewish history, will be lonelier than any other leader.
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