ALL PARSHA - The Chasam Sofer on Parshas Korach

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Welcome everyone to a special edition of all parshas parshas Korach. Some say from parshas Korach I'm very excited to share with you this week the amazing approach of Chasam Sofer to Korach's accusation against Moshe Rabbeinu found in Toras Moshe parshas Korach divrei hamaschil boiker. And let's begin by pointing out there's a very maybe unusual comment that the Torah emphasizes that when it reached its tipping point vayichal Moshe and he says to Hashem al teifen al minchasam don't turn to their offering lo ichamor achad mehem lo nasasi I never took one donkey from them. What? What kind of argument is that? Somehow that proves Moshe Rabbeinu is right cuz he didn't take a donkey? The Chasam Sofer proposes the following approach which is a brilliant understanding of Korach's accusation against Moshe and why in fact it was wrong. Chasam Sofer says historically we can observe a phenomenon that we never find that the melech of klal Yisrael was the leading prophet or the leading Torah sage. We do not find the melech was also the navi except for Moshe Rabbeinu. Moshe Rabbeinu was the only exception. Moshe Rabbeinu was a melech like Chazal say in the pasuk vayhi beshurun melech and he was also the greatest prophet like kam navi b'Yisrael kamasheh. But other nevi'im were not kings and the kings even Dovid Chasam Sofer says was a ba'al ruach hakodesh not a navi sent to speak to the people. This is what Chazal mean from the time of Moshe until Rebbi lo matzinu Torah u'gedulah b'makom echad. It doesn't just mean we don't find the Torah sage was the most wealthy person. It means we don't find the Torah sage was the practical leader the king the manhig. Torah u'gedulah except for Rebbe, from Moshe until Rebbe. In the times of David and they were the kings, they were not the

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1. 0:00Welcome everyone to a special edition of all parshas parshas Korach. Some say from parshas Korach…
2. 0:31minchasam don't turn to their offering lo ichamor achad mehem lo nasasi I never took one…
3. 1:01that we never find that the melech of klal Yisrael was the leading prophet or the…
4. 1:32not a navi sent to speak to the people. This is what Chazal mean from the…
5. 2:34again he prophesied and again the people said, "Al kein yomru hagam Shaul b'Nevi'im?" Is even…
6. 3:05navi. You can't be the melech and the leading Torah figure. And perhaps the reason he…
7. 3:35his sovereignty with beramah, with majesty. And therefore the humility needed to be successful Torah teacher…
8. 4:38as well as the sovereign and as well as the melech. Sam Sofer in reinforces this…
9. 5:09took anything from them. You know, you can make the case that the pasuk in this…
10. 5:40humility by not taking a donkey. And therefore, by showing this great humility, he was able…

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