The sefer / Part I / Torah 148
מדת היראה בעצמה היא יראה מהשם
No shiur on this Torah yet. R’ Moshe’s shiurim so far cover Torahs 1–34.
English translation by Moshe Mykoff © Breslov Research Institute, from Sefaria, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
The quality of fear itself fears God. In that case, it too has fear. Moreover, this fear also fears God. In that case, it too has fear. And so one fear is encompassed in another, higher and higher until the Infinite One.
This is as our Sages teach (Yerushalmi, Shabbat 1:3): That which humility made a heel for her sandal, wisdom made a crown for her head. As it is stated, “The heel of humility is the fear of God” (Proverbs 22:4) ; “The head of wisdom is the fear of God” (Psalms 111:10).
Hence, the “heel of humility” is fear, and likewise the “head of wisdom” is also fear. We find therefore that there is fear higher than fear, because fear itself also has fear—and so on, higher and higher until the Infinite One, as above.