יום ו Date: 17 Elul, 5774 (9/12/14) – Chagigah#4 {Tani}
Reaching Potentials
[4b middle] R’ Elazar used to weep every time he recited the verse “but his brothers could not answer him for they were astounded before him.” If Yoseph’s brothers were worried about a response (and he was only a mortal man), how much more so should the rebuke of the King of kings (Hashem) terrify us! Medrash: G-d will rebuke each person according to who he is; according to the potential of what specifically he could have accomplished and did not.
T’s Lesson: We should be much more afraid of the Ultimate King rather than any mere mortal on this earth. We should tremble to think that we are not using or reaching our full potential and try to do that which were created to on this land.