And now, O Israel, what does the ETERNAL your God demand of you? Only this: to revere the ETERNAL your God, to walk only in divine paths, to love and to serve the ETERNAL your God with all your heart and soul,
כי אם ליראה. אטו יראת שמים מילתא זוטרתא היא, אין, לגבי משה מילתא זוטרתא היא, כדרבי חנינא, דאמר, משל לאדם שמבקשים ממנו כלי גדול ויש לו דומה עליו בכלי קטן, כלי קטן ואין לו – דומה עליו ככלי גדול
English: “Is fear of Heaven a small thing?” Yes — for Moshe it is a small thing, as R’ Chanina said: It is like a person asked for a large vessel who has one; it seems to him like a small vessel, while if he lacks even a small vessel, it seems to him like a large vessel.
On the daf / in context: Berachos 33b; Yerushalmi Shabbos 1:3.
Type of Learning
Custom (fear is “small” for Moshe)
What Is Learned
Moshe presents yirah as modest because of his humility, not because he undervalues it for ordinary people.