“Personality”

Question:

Dear rav,

the set which compose a personality
might be all a theaterplay
in the big theatre of olam ha ze.

as baal teshuvah
and indeed as the obligation of every jew
it is the obligation to strive
to be as anu
as Moshe ben Amram ve Jochebed.

are you content with my attitude honoured collegue?

shavua tov bishvilkhem.

Answer:

What you write is very true, we al have to strive to attain a level of humility, like Moshe Rabeinu. He was the humblest person ever, even though he was in a way the most accomplished. So how did he remain humble? What gives a person his humility, is his recognition of how great Hashem is. When seeing Hashem’s tremendous greatness, kindness, wisdom, strength etc. and then comparing oneself to that, one realizes that he is essentially nothing. That is why Moshe was even able to write that he was the humblest person to ever live. Because He knew that he had the opportunity to see Hashem in a way that no one else ever did. He interpreted that not as a means of putting himself above other people, rather he was looking at himself in reference to Hashem. And that made him the most humble person around.

Best wishes