[Avodah] The Stature of Moshe Rabbeinu

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Gerson:
> Moshe's greatness was his humility.

Agreed but I think the key here is why:
> Bechol beisi ne'eman hu

AIUI - and I think Hirsch concurs - the issue is being an egoless
messenger of HKBH.

The last thing HKBH needed was a genius full of Hiddushim. HE wanted a
faithful secretary to transmit torah w/o embellishment. His anivus was
symbolized in the burning sneh.

The sneh is an anav that is not burned by the divine fire because it
lacks the shemetz of gaavah to get burned. As soon as it gets ga'avah
the fire will burn it (perhaps Nadav and. Avihu's issue)

Being an anav is always good but in Moshe's case it was a prerequisite
for transmiting Torah.

Lemashal Sha'ul came up with twists on what HKBH ordered and could have
triggered problems. Moshe had no ulterior motives. That is a form of
gadlus, too.

KT 
RRW
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