This is the Torah portion containing the giving of the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are given, the first two were heard straight from G-d by every Jew and then the people begged Moses to be their intermediary for the remaining eight. The Kotzker Rebbe, a famous Hassidic rabbi, gives an illuminating insight. Those who excel in truth know the falseness of honor. Since they were free from honor-seeking, there would be no envy and no quarrels over power.
Honor is based on an illusion.
Yet, many people make honor-seeking a major focus in their lives constantly worrying about what others think of them. They suffer tremendous pain if they think that someone else is getting more honor than they are receiving. The more you view honor from a perspective of ultimate truth, the more you will realize how trivial and unimportant honor really is. They were so uplifted that they have committed to organize an even larger group for next year. 12 veterans of last summer's British JF also returned for a refresher course in December.