Being Inferior Can Make a Person Davka Greater
Bitachon Weekly | May 15, 2024
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Being Inferior Can Make a Person Davka Greater

Bitachon Weekly | June 27, 2025

The one who was rejected and disgusting becomes the main and most important element. Guess who was Zoche to kill Eisav HaRasha? Chushim ben Dan. He was deaf and dumb, and he was a generation younger than the Shivtei Ka. Yet, he was able to do what the 12 biggest Tzaddikim in the world couldn’t do!

All the Shevotim weren't sure what to do when Eisav HaRasha started asking for a portion in the: מְַע ַר ַתַַ ה ַמ ַכְַפֵַל ַה Me’aras HaMachpeila, and since he was deaf and dumb, he was fortunate not to understand their Cheshbonos, and he was Zoche to kill Eisav HaRasha. (Gemara). They say in the name of Gedolim that American Yeshiva boys will bring Moshiach, and Shevet Don was the: י רוּדַשֶבִּשְב טִים lowest of the Shevotim!

No more complaints about your inabilities and your Chata’im (sins), your depressive nature and your unending mistakes. You may Davka become one day the #1 hero of Klal Yisroel. Being deaf and dumb seems to symbolize lack of abilities to the extreme. And destroying Eisav HaRasha is a sign of the unusual Gadlus of Chushim ben Dan, that all 12 healthy Shivtei Ka, Gedolei Yisroel, didn't have!

Being Inferior Can Make a Person Davka Greater

Maybe the Zechus of being an inferior Oved Hashem with many shortcomings makes a person Davka greater! Similarly, we have Chizkiyahu HaMelech, when he said that he has no Koach to do any Hishtadlus like Dovid and Assa did, and not even to sing praises to Hashem, like his Zeide Yehoshafat, he was Zoche that in one night, his entire enemy, i.e., the world class army of Sancheirev, was destroyed. (Chazal).

When you are zero minus zero, THEN you throw your entire Peckel onto Hashem, like it says: ה שְלֵךְַע לַה'ַיְה בְךַָתהליםַנהַכג take whatever is burdening you, and cast it on Hashem. Surprise! Surprise! Mr. Total Nobody moves the most! It is very hard to value our bad days in Ruchaniyus and in Gashmiyus. Especially when we sin, Chas V'shalom; then we feel it's all over, despite our Teshuva. The Yetzer Hara is super strong in these situations, and maybe your low feeling about yourself is exactly what makes you truly great!

The Seforim HaKedoshim say Moshiach ben “Yosef” will not be the final Yeshua; only Moshiach ben “Dovid”. Why? Because Yosef never sinned. Dovid sinned, but did Teshuva. People relate more to a Dovid. However, this is still very difficult to truly believe. People simply can't fathom the concept of: בְּמ קוֹםַַשֶבּ עֲלֵיַתְשוּב הַעוֹמְדִ יםַאֵיןַַ צ דִ יקִיםַגְמוּרִ יםַיְכוֹלִיןַל עֲמוֹדַַברכותַַ לדַב Baalei Teshuva are even GREATER than pure Tzaddikim! “But you still sinned! And you're no good!”

The one who was rejected and disgusting becomes the main and most important element. Guess who was Zoche to kill Eisav HaRasha? Chushim ben Dan. He was deaf and dumb, and he was a generation younger than the Shivtei Ka. Yet, he was able to do what the 12 biggest Tzaddikim in the world couldn’t do!

All the Shevotim weren't sure what to do when Eisav HaRasha started asking for a portion in the: מְַע ַר ַתַַ ה ַמ ַכְַפֵַל ַה Me’aras HaMachpeila, and since he was deaf and dumb, he was fortunate not to understand their Cheshbonos, and he was Zoche to kill Eisav HaRasha. (Gemara). They say in the name of Gedolim that American Yeshiva boys will bring Moshiach, and Shevet Don was the: י רוּדַשֶבִּשְב טִים lowest of the Shevotim!

No more complaints about your inabilities and your Chata’im (sins), your depressive nature and your unending mistakes. You may Davka become one day the #1 hero of Klal Yisroel. Being deaf and dumb seems to symbolize lack of abilities to the extreme. And destroying Eisav HaRasha is a sign of the unusual Gadlus of Chushim ben Dan, that all 12 healthy Shivtei Ka, Gedolei Yisroel, didn't have!

Being Inferior Can Make a Person Davka Greater

Maybe the Zechus of being an inferior Oved Hashem with many shortcomings makes a person Davka greater! Similarly, we have Chizkiyahu HaMelech, when he said that he has no Koach to do any Hishtadlus like Dovid and Assa did, and not even to sing praises to Hashem, like his Zeide Yehoshafat, he was Zoche that in one night, his entire enemy, i.e., the world class army of Sancheirev, was destroyed. (Chazal).

When you are zero minus zero, THEN you throw your entire Peckel onto Hashem, like it says: ה שְלֵךְַע לַה'ַיְה בְךַָתהליםַנהַכג take whatever is burdening you, and cast it on Hashem. Surprise! Surprise! Mr. Total Nobody moves the most! It is very hard to value our bad days in Ruchaniyus and in Gashmiyus. Especially when we sin, Chas V'shalom; then we feel it's all over, despite our Teshuva. The Yetzer Hara is super strong in these situations, and maybe your low feeling about yourself is exactly what makes you truly great!

The Seforim HaKedoshim say Moshiach ben “Yosef” will not be the final Yeshua; only Moshiach ben “Dovid”. Why? Because Yosef never sinned. Dovid sinned, but did Teshuva. People relate more to a Dovid. However, this is still very difficult to truly believe. People simply can't fathom the concept of: בְּמ קוֹםַַשֶבּ עֲלֵיַתְשוּב הַעוֹמְדִ יםַאֵיןַַ צ דִ יקִיםַגְמוּרִ יםַיְכוֹלִיןַל עֲמוֹדַַברכותַַ לדַב Baalei Teshuva are even GREATER than pure Tzaddikim! “But you still sinned! And you're no good!”

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