As soon as Moshe appears in the Torah, people are telling him: מִּי שָמְּךָ לְאִּישׁ שַר וְּשֹּׁפֵט עָלֵינוּ ב יד “who appointed you to be an “Ish” (important person), a prince and a judge over us?” (This is exactly what Dovid told Shlomo: וְּחָזַקְּתָ וְּהָיִּיתָ לְאִּישׁ ! מ"א ב ב be a man! And later he told him: כִּי אִּישׁ חָכָם אָתָה שם פסוק ט I know you’ll do a good job. Right away, the Anav Mi'kol Adam is accused of Ga'ava and being an inappropriate upstart. He’s just like his sister, Miriam, who defies Paroh, and questions her father, the Gadol HaDor (and she gets her way!). And his brother, Ahron, who had to be told: שֶׁ לְּ ךָ גְּ דוֹלָ ה מִּ שֶׁ לָ הֶ ם You’re the best! And his father, who has to go back a Dor for marriage, whose name was: עַ ם רָ ם “exalted nation”, and his mother was “Yocheved“, a Lashon of Kavod. No wonder this is the #1 family, that caused the Geula of Yetzias Mitzrayim!
I believe I have proven the truth of truths; that Romemus is everything, and in rock-bottom: עֵ קֶ ב מָ שִּׁ יחַ last generation before Moshiach it could be almost forgotten. All our Tzaros, like self-hating Jews and inferiority complex, Haskalah, and Reform, come from misplaced Anava and insecure Jews.
The Chashivus of Being Total Battel to What You Are Doing
The Passuk says: “An “Ish” from the family of Levi went and married the daughter of Levi” (i.e., Amram married Yocheved). Why doesn’t it say Amram’s or Yocheved’s name? An “Ish” is a Lashon of Chashivus, and a name is the uniqueness of a person. The Meforshim point out that by the story of Eliezer Eved Avraham getting a Shidduch for Yitzchok it never says his name, because his being: עֶבֶד אַבְּרָהָם אָנֹּכִּי חיי שרה כד לד “the Eved (slave) of Avraham”, dominated his uniqueness as a person; he was M'vatel himself to his master as if he didn’t exist.
Acting With Chashivus Breeds Chashivus
We can suggest that when Amram went to marry Yocheved, it was a major act of Chashivus which dominated his person. His personal self didn’t matter; his Chashivus dominated him, and sure enough, from this marriage came Moshe, upon whom they said: מִּי שָמְּךָ לְאִּישׁ שַר וְּשֹּׁפֵט עָלֵינוּ ב יד who appointed you to be an “Ish” (important person), i.e., “Who do you think you are, that you act like you’re running the world?”
Before Becoming an Anav You Have to Be Aware of Your Chashivus
The true “Ish” is a person who can humble himself, like the Chovos Halvavos says in Shaar HaK'niya that before you can be an Anav you have to be aware of your Chashivus, or else you’re like a humble B'heima, like it says: וְּהָ אִּישׁ משֶׁה עָנָו מְּאֹּד בהעלותך יב ג the Chashuva “Ish”, Moshe, was extremely humble. Amram married Yocheved for a second time, since his baby daughter, Miriam, told him that by divorcing Yocheved (to prevent Paroh’s killing the baby boys) he was worse than Paroh. She told him to remarry, so at least we’ll have girls.
He was a true “Ish”, who despite being the Gadol HaDor, he still listened to his tiny daughter, Miriam. And he married: בַת לֵוִּי the daughter of Levi. Her very self was Battel (nullified) to her great nobility of being the daughter of Levi himself. Amram means Romemus, and Yocheved means Kavod for Shamayim. Perhaps we can suggest that these names signify two types of dignity; 1. the dignity of being your noble self (Amram), and 2. the dignity where you are total Battel (nullified) to what you are doing (i.e., Kavod Shamayim, Yocheved).
