Números 12:3 Cabalá: Sha'arei Kedusha & Sefer HaCheshek

In contrast, there is no greater quality than humility and a sense of lowliness. We learn this³⁵³Also see Reishit Chochmah, Gate of Humility, Ch. 7 from our teacher Moshe, peace be upon him, the father of all the prophets in Torah, mitzvot and fear of sin. Even so, Torah only praised him for his humility, as it states,³⁵⁴Numbers 12:3 “The man Moshe was exceedingly humble.” Go and learn the quality of humility from the Holy One, blessed is He, who set aside the loftiest heavens to dwell with the despondent and the lowly of spirit, as written,³⁵⁵Isaiah 57:15 “I abide with exaltedness and in holiness, but I am with the despondent and the lowly of spirit.” Similarly, it is written,³⁵⁶Psalms 34:19 “HaShem-יהו״ה is close to the broken hearted and He saves those who are crushed in spirit.” It likewise states,³⁵⁷Psalms 15:1 “Who may sojourn in Your tent? One who is lowly and contemptible in his own eyes.”

Whoever is humble causes the Shechinah – the Indwelling Presence of HaShem-יהו״ה – to dwell upon man on earth, as it states,³⁶⁶Exodus 20:18 “Moshe approached the thick cloud where God was.” What brought him to this? His humility, as it states,³⁶⁷Numbers 12:3 “The man Moshe was exceedingly humble.”³⁶⁸Also see Reishit Chochmah, Gate of Humility, Ch. 3

4 He who knows the truth of reality will be more humble and lowly in spirit than his fellow man, and indeed it was said of the master of all the prophets, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the man Moses was the humblest of all men on the face of the earth (Numbers 12:3). However, if he desires to be free, it will be his time in being free. He has become the machine of those who are free from the rest of the people, because everyone else besides him seeks power because he will rule over the people like a lion and devour, and he alone seeks power, so that the people will receive Torah and Mitzvot from him, and he will desire that all the people resemble him in wisdom, as it is said of the one through whom the Torah and Mitzvot were given, and who would give all the people of the Lord prophets, since the Lord would put His Spirit upon them (Numbers 11:29). And this has become the (layman) ruler, who will not desire that any man from among the people resemble him, and the Lord, blessed be He, likened the perfect man to Himself in that He also desires to complete man until he resembles Him, and this is the desire shared with the abundance that flows from Him upon man. They have invented tools that make people easily cling to it: