Parshas Korach 5785
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Viznitzer Rebbe, R’ Chaim Yehuda Meir Hager zt”l (Zecher Chaim) would say:
“‘What led Korach to rebel? The laws of Parah Adumah.’ (Medrash) Korach reasoned: ‘I know that machlokes can defile a person, but isn’t it worth becoming temporarily defiled in order to bring about the pure results which I seek?’ Why was Korach wrong? Because one can never guarantee that the impurity of machlokes will be only temporary. As Chazal teach: ‘Machlokes is like an overflowing canal; once the ditch is breached, the opening gets wider and wider.’”
A Wise Man would say: “Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.”