Parshas קרח – Rabbi Dovid Dubov – From the Rebbe’s Father, Reb Levi Yitzchok זצ״ל

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I'd like to share with you on this week's parsha Korach something very nice from the Rebbe's father Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev. This week's parsha we have the famous story Korach and all of those say 250 people they made a challenge they wanted to fight against Moshe Rabbeinu demonstration and there's different punishments that says in this week's parsha. It says that Korach his family members, Dathan and Abiram, were swallowed up into the ground. The 250 people on the other hand who brought ketores fire they were burnt which means that their neshama was burnt out of them and they ultimately died but it was the called min hasrufim from these who were burnt. The Gemara says in uh Sanhedrin daf kuf yud aleph bet Korach got both punishments. He was min hablueem umin hasrufim. He was also his body his physical body was swallowed up and also his neshama was burnt out of him, hasrufim. Why was he punished with both? All the first ones ask. The Rebbe's father has a very interesting remez bigematria of why and this Korach was had both punishments. The parsha opens up with the words vayikach Korach. Korach took which means he separated himself make a machlokes. If you take these two words, Vayikach Korach, you will see Vayikach adds up to 124. Korach adds up to 308. Add them together. Vayikach and Korach together, you will get to number 432. 432 says Rav Levi Yitzchok, adds up to twice gevurah. Gevurah is 216. Twice 216 is 432. Exactly the same gematria as Vayikach Korach. Goes a step further Rav Levi Yitzchok and says like this, you know, in kedusha is really chesed, kindness. When a

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1. 0:07I'd like to share with you on this week's parsha Korach something very nice from the…
2. 0:40were swallowed up into the ground. The 250 people on the other hand who brought ketores…
3. 1:11daf kuf yud aleph bet Korach got both punishments. He was min hablueem umin hasrufim. He…
4. 2:15Vayikach and Korach together, you will get to number 432. 432 says Rav Levi Yitzchok, adds…
5. 2:46person has kindness and love, then there's unity, there's shalom. Gevurah, a fiery, ego, powerful, you…
6. 3:54Esau, which is also Esau was red, fiery g'vurah, fighting. You fought against Yaakov. You know,…
7. 4:27If you take these three words, Bela ben Beor. Bela is 102. Ben 52. Beor, base,…
8. 5:01ben Beor, this first king of the oilam hatohu, of chaos, of g'vurah. And they add…
9. 6:05why it's like that because you know it it channels itself into two directions. And Korach…
10. 6:37side the Serufem. But the hint from the Rebbe's father is that he adds up the…

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