The Rabbis teach that three things come into the world directly from the hand of the Holy One, never secondhand. Famine. Plenty. And a wise ruler.
For famine, Scripture says, The Lord has called for a famine (2 Kings 8:1). For plenty, I will call for the grain and will increase it (Ezekiel 36:29). For a wise ruler, the Torah says of Bezalel, the architect of the Tabernacle, I have called by name Bezalel (Exodus 31:2). The same verb — called — binds all three. They are not chosen by committee. They are summoned by God.
And yet, Rabbi Yitzchak adds a crucial wrinkle. "A ruler is not to be appointed unless the community is first consulted." God Himself, before giving Bezalel the job, consulted Moses. And Moses, before confirming it, consulted the people of Israel. Even a leader handpicked by Heaven must be received by the ones he is meant to serve.
The teaching is preserved in the Talmud (Berakhot 55a) and passed down again in the 1901 anthology Hebraic Literature. It answers a question people still argue about: does real authority come from above or below? The Rabbis answer, yes. Both. Heaven chooses, and the people confirm. Leave out either step and you have not made a ruler — you have made a problem.