AAQ, I explained with a Midrash why did Shimon Hamosini not think of the darush of Rav Akiva, to include the talmidei chachamim? It says ?ויאמינו בה’ ובמשה עבדו – אם במשה האמינו בה’ לא כ’ש they believed in Hashem and His servant Moshe, if they believed in Moshe they certainly believed in Hashem? אם כן למה נאמר במשה then why does it say in Moshe as one who believes in talmidei chachamim is like one believing in Hashem It should have said that the belief in Hashem is superfluous not Moshe? Maybe, the strength of Moshe comes from Hashem by his belief in Him, therefore Moshe is superfluous. Similarly for Shimon Hamosini to fear the talmidei chachamim whose strength comes from Hashem was obvious but for Rebbi Akiva who originally hated talmidei chachamim it was not obvious.
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