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Parsha Plus — a plus Korach 5783

Выпуск: Parsha Plus — a plus Korach 5783. Темы: family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental. Yaakov Recognized That Without Unity, The Jewish People Have No Hope Parshas Korach Rabbi Yissocher Frand The blessings Yaakov gave his children in Parsha Vayechi contain the words, “Shimon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence their kinship. The wife of Ohn ben Peles is associated with the beginning of the pasuk in Mishlei (14:1) “The wisdom of women builds the house…” while Korach’s wife is associated with the end of that same pasuk – “…and the foolish one, in her hands she will destroy it.” There are different Midrashim which all say the same idea in different contexts regarding these two women. “What difference does it make to you whether you are the lowly subordinate of Moshe Rabbeinu or the lowly subordinate of Korach?” Ohn ben Peles told his wife that her argument was persuasive, but he had already promised Korach that he would join his rebellion confronting Moshe and Aharon, and that Korach was on the way now to pick him up. (There is even a question as to whether one may call to a friend whose name is Shalom in the bathroom.)] If this is the case, is it not somewhat flippant and disrespectful to the Name of G-d to 9 repeatedly say “Shalom Aleichem, Shalom Aleichem, Shalom Aleichem”? Yaakov said, “If these stones miraculously merge together and can form a single unit, then I know that I will be able to father 12 Tribes and merge them into a single people.” His goal was to build a nation — to take disparate individuals and blend them into one unit that will bring the Divine 11 Presence into the world. In other words, Korach is hinting that it is enough to think one is holy now, but HaShem reveals the correct attitude in saying that no-one should assume they are fully holy at the present moment – we should always strive to grow and look to a time in the future that we WILL be holy. Korach’s actions in appointing himself to the high priesthood were a for certain an act of improper insubordination and he was duly punished but surely his actions were an obvious expression of a phenomenal urge to achieve an honored position in which

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Parsha Plus

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23 июня 2023 г.

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14

Темы: family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary