Thursday, June 6, 2013
Parshas Korach: Even the Greatest People can make Mistakes
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Rabbi Chaim Coffman |
"Korach, son of Itzhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, spearted himself with Dahan and Aviram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peletch, the offspring of Reuven" (Numbers 16:1). The Midrash tells us that Korach was very intelligent and asks why he would start up and make trouble with Moshe and Aharon. In fact, he saw through Divine Inspiration, that the prophet Shmuel was destined to come from his lineage.
Rav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita in his work Ta'am V'Da'as asks that if Korach had Divine Inspiration and he saw in the future who was destined to come from him, how could he come and give problems to Moshe and Aharon?
From here, Rav Sternbuch tells us is the power of how the heart can lead a person to go astray. After all, since Korach had the ability to have Divine Inspiration, his eyes seem to have led him astray and led him to become like a blind person. Not only that, but he thought he had the ability to disagree with Moshe and Aharon!
If we put this in further perspective, Korach saw the miracles in the desert, witnessed the plagues in Egypt and came out with Jewish people! By seeing such things, how could it be that he thought that Moshe and Aharon were abusing their power?
The answer is that he did not internalize the message of what happened in Egypt. Everything that happened there was done by G-d through Moshe and Aharon, not that they acted on their own in any which way.
Some commentaries tells us that a number of the plagues in Egypt were to strengthen the Jewish people in their belief in Divine Providence and faith in G-d. The miracles were to fortify this into the hearts of the Jewish people so it would be solidified when they went into the desert.
This is where is Korach made his mistake. He didn't get the message and understand that G-d runs the world and makes His decisions the way He see fit. This is what we have to understand and put this in our hearts and live our lives this way!
Shabbat Shalom
Rav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita in his work Ta'am V'Da'as asks that if Korach had Divine Inspiration and he saw in the future who was destined to come from him, how could he come and give problems to Moshe and Aharon?
From here, Rav Sternbuch tells us is the power of how the heart can lead a person to go astray. After all, since Korach had the ability to have Divine Inspiration, his eyes seem to have led him astray and led him to become like a blind person. Not only that, but he thought he had the ability to disagree with Moshe and Aharon!
If we put this in further perspective, Korach saw the miracles in the desert, witnessed the plagues in Egypt and came out with Jewish people! By seeing such things, how could it be that he thought that Moshe and Aharon were abusing their power?
The answer is that he did not internalize the message of what happened in Egypt. Everything that happened there was done by G-d through Moshe and Aharon, not that they acted on their own in any which way.
Some commentaries tells us that a number of the plagues in Egypt were to strengthen the Jewish people in their belief in Divine Providence and faith in G-d. The miracles were to fortify this into the hearts of the Jewish people so it would be solidified when they went into the desert.
This is where is Korach made his mistake. He didn't get the message and understand that G-d runs the world and makes His decisions the way He see fit. This is what we have to understand and put this in our hearts and live our lives this way!
Shabbat Shalom
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