The Danger of Erasing Differences | Parsha Perspectives | Korach 5786

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The opening of this shiur, in Living with Emunah - Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

And again, it's a parsha we are so familiar with, a parsha we know its storyline, and yet each year, every time we learn it, we're meant to learn it anew, to learn it from the beginning, from the start, to learn it with a fresh slate, to learn it and to go deeper than we've ever gone before, and to consider other angles of it than maybe we haven't earlier. These individuals, beginning with Korach, the leader of this band, and Korach is identified the son of Yitzhar of us and Levi. Rashi notably points out, stopping short of associating him with Aaron, not with Aaron. Yeah, associating him with Aaron going all the way back as well to Yaakov to not identify him with his origins and to spare and save. Lo Yisker ben Yaakov Avinu wanted to be spared, not to be associated that his horrific divisiveness and his introducing this infighting would not be associated with his name. 250 men came, they stood up, they challenged Moshe, and what was their argument? Vayikalu Moshe el Aharon. They gathered on Moshe and Aaron. Vayomeru aleihem Rav lachem. Enough! You've taken too much power, you've centralized too much power, you've consolidated the power just among you. But kol ha'edah kulam kedoshim, the truth is all of us are holy and we are so holy and we all have God in our midst. So why are you putting yourself over all of us?" This is a very compelling argument.

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1. 0:32And again, it's a parsha we are so familiar with, a parsha we know its storyline,…
2. 6:17up and swallows Korach and his colleagues, his co-conspirators. So, that's a little understanding of the…
3. 12:14and they're all time. Yoffen Hadroshos Az B'Chilos Kol Man V'Idan. And therefore, it's good to…
4. 18:02way the Rebbe saw it. The Rebbe in a sicha, in uh 5748, apiza yishlama, reading…
5. 24:37Understand me. Darshan me." Every Jew is saying, "Don't just look at the surface, but get…
6. 30:28"I will dwell in it." I will dwell in it. It says instead I will dwell…
7. 36:44between who's right and who's wrong. That's what the Torah tells us. Taste. You can't drink…
8. 43:00u'Nekeivah Bara'am. There's a balance to the universe that depends on these differences. Have What is…
9. 50:56There are families who are not talking to each other and no one knows why. It's…
10. 56:47spies come back, "Yeah, we don't trust Hashem, it's not going to all work out, we…

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