Musar for Shabbat 101:9
(הוא) סבר. אדם חשוב שאני:
sat submissively before Rabbi,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a disciple before his master. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> yet he [Rabbi] said, Then the Elder has already given a ruling.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus showing deference to his views. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
The Talmud frequently states אדם חשוב שאני "different yardsticks apply to important people." (Berachot 19, Shabbat 51, 142 et al.) It is no more than appropriate that people who desire לחזות בנועם ה', באור הגנוז, of which it is said הנסתרות לה' אלוקינו, "to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord," i.e. the original light which has been hidden, of which the Torah says that the "hidden things are G–d's alone," should be judged according to a different scale of values.
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