GEN1590 The true ba’al mussar will be acutely aware of the dual-faceted nature of the humility concept. On the one hand as he strives ever-upwards in his quest for self-fulfillment, he will learn to recognize his own self-worth and his own stature and dignity as a Torah Jew, who can aspire to attain the highest rungs of spiritual fulfillment in his role as man-Israel. Thus, the Sages teach us that the Torah Jew must always say to himself, “When will my deeds approach those of my ancestors, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov?” Tanna Devei Eliyahu Rabbah, Chap. 25.  Similarly, it has been said in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein [Rav Moshe Feinstein, venerable Dean of Mesifta Tiferes Jerusalem in Manhattan, was regarded as the leading Posek or halachic authority of our generation.] that when a father blesses his sons each Friday evening, he makes them perennially aware of their high calling as descendants of the Shivtei Kah – the “Tribes of God” – as he invokes the worlds of the Patriarch, Jacob – “May God make you as Ephraim and Menasheh.”  [this verse]. In this way, the Jewish child is made aware from his earliest youth that he must always aspire to attain the magnificent spiritual splendor of his ancestors, setting before his eyes the resplendent example of Ephraim and Menasheh, who, surrounded though they were by the sensual pleasures of Egypt, nevertheless managed to emerge with the full radiant spiritual statute of the Shivtei Kah –the sons of Jacob – the “Tribes of God.” FENDEL 160-1