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The 2 Kinds of Jealousy - Which Type Was Korach's - The Analysis of the Chofetz Chaim

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

An analysis of the two types of jealousy and Korach's type according to the Chofetz Chaim.

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Okay, good morning, friends. Safer Hafetz Chaim al ha-Torah. Um tishnasu al ha-kol sham parshat Shmot perek gimel. Yesh l'cha adam sh'm'kaneh b'chavero al ashro v'tuvo. There are some people who are jealous of their friend for their good fortune and their bounty. Bishvil she-ein lo tzar b'shel acher because they have a stingy eye to others. V'yesh m'kaneh l'tovosav. And some are jealous for their goodness, meaning k'lumar ro'eh tzarosav she-hu mu'ashar b'chaim. They also want to be successful in life. So, there are two There are two kinds of jealousy. One could be jealous, it just it's a stinginess. Why should Why does that person have that? I I'm not happy that they have that. Why are they successful? Some people doesn't bother them that someone else is successful. They would also like to have that They would also like to have that bracha. Korach v'adaso hikbi'u kin'ah s'moles tzarus ayin. Korach and his cohorts expressed their jealousy out of stinginess, and the Torah reveals the Torah publicizes them in a disparaging way. They say, "Um adua tishnasu al ha-kol sham." Rashi says, "Harbei yoser midai l'kachta l'atzmecha midai." You took too much.

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  1. 0:00Okay, good morning, friends. Safer Hafetz Chaim al ha-Torah. Um tishnasu al ha-kol sham parshat Shmot…
  2. 0:30And some are jealous for their goodness, meaning k'lumar ro'eh tzarosav she-hu mu'ashar b'chaim. They also…
  3. 1:01They would also like to have that bracha. Korach v'adaso hikbi'u kin'ah s'moles tzarus ayin. Korach…
  4. 1:31midai." You took too much. Now, v'ein kin'ah k'she-hi lo atzmo hi achas me-amidot ham'gunos beyoser.…
  5. 2:02Jealousy is the rotting of the bones. So, in general, jealousy is degrading. Avelam hamida hazos…
  6. 2:33it. It bothers you that someone else has it. O yid he grew a shiva sayan.…
  7. 3:05saying, "You took too much." Korach wasn't saying, "Why can't I also?" Korach wasn't saying, "I…
  8. 3:35too much lunch." Korach didn't say, "Could I have part of it?" Korach was upset that…
  9. 4:05>> that he didn't even say that. >> That's what the Hafetz Chaim is saying. Have…

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