When a person is zealous, he merits becoming a faithful leader. This is alluded to in the verse, “Go to the NeMaLaH (ant) you lazy one” (Proverbs 6:6). NeMaLaH is written with the last letters of “mi’shaM ro’eH eveNyisraeL (from then on he became a shepherd, a builder in Israel)” (Genesis 49:24).
א. עַל־יְדֵי זְרִיזוּת זוֹכֶה לִהְיוֹת רוֹעֶה נֶאֱמָן, וְסִימָן לַדָּבָר: לֵךְ אֶל נְ'מָ'לָ'ה' עָצֵל, וּכְתִיב: מִשָׁ'ם רוֹעֶ'ה אֶבֶ'ן יִשְׂרָאֵ'ל.
When a person is zealous, he merits becoming a faithful leader. This is alluded to in the verse, “Go to the NeMaLaH (ant) you lazy one” (Proverbs 6:6). NeMaLaH is written with the last letters of “mi’shaM ro’eH eveNyisraeL (from then on he became a shepherd, a builder in Israel)” (Genesis 49:24).