BTW, The Dubner Magid questions the expressions of the gemora where the moon was complaining for being diminished in size that it said something good. How is it good to have the sun diminish itself? So, he reverses the whole thing. The sun was created bigger than the moon. Hashem saw that the rashoim were not worthy for that light, so He hid it in tbe Torah becoming now equal in light to the moon. The moon wanted the sun should get ifs light back. Hashem diminished tbe moon, so it complained. It got convinced that small is good and tbe stars will help out. The Chasam Sofer says that sometimes tbe rebbi diminishes itself for the benefit of the talmidim. The moon agreed to be smaller so the stars could be seen. The Haflaah says that a talmid should see his rebbi being stationary like an angel not elevating oneself for the benefit of the talmidim.
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