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HaRav Yehuda Kroizer SHLIT"A, Rosh Yeshiva

PARSHAT KORACH/ROSH CHODESH TAMMUZ
30 Sivan 5767/15-16 June 2007



STOP THE AVALANCHE NOW!

As if it weren't enough already, all of the bickering and complaining
that has been going on since the Jewish people left Egypt. First, not
wanting to enter into the sea, and when Nachshon ben Aminadav, from the
tribe of Yehuda, did, a riot broke out, with each tribe claiming that they
had wanted to cross first. Then, complaining about not having water, the sin
of the golden calf, complaining about the heavenly food “manna”, and then
demanding to eat meat when they had enough cattle to last a lifetime. This
continued with the spies and the people despising the Holy Land, and now, to
top it all off - Parshat Korach.

To add insult to injury, after rejecting the Land, the people had the
gall to complain to Moshe: “See, you did not do as you promised, to bring us
in to a land of milk and honey”. One may say that maybe Korach was not a
very bright fellow and did not learn from past mistakes, and he didn’t see
that all who rebelled against Hashem were punished right away. Our Rabbis,
though, teach us otherwise: Korach was a very intelligent and learned man,
but because he was consumed with desire for glory and envy, he ultimately
lost everything. In fact, Korach was one of the wealthiest people who ever
lived. We are taught that as a rule, the tribe of Levi were poor. They did
not partake of the spoils in Egypt, as being that they were not enslaved
there, they had no share in the wealth. But Korach, on the other hand, who
was possessed by fame and only dreamt of becoming wealthy (and as we know,
in the way that a man wants to go Hashem will lead him) came upon the
treasures of Joseph and became literally rich overnight. Still, in the end,
all that he had went down with him to Shoal - Hell - and he left nothing
behind.

It is mind-boggling to note that all of this complaining and rebelling
against Hashem came from the “good Jews”, those 20 percent who wanted to be
redeemed from Egypt, for the rest of the Jewish people - 80 percent - were
killed off in the plague of darkness for not wanting to leave the “golden
medina” that Egypt was, not wanting to be redeemed.

Still, giving credit where credit is due, that generation is praised by
the prophets for following Hashem into the wilderness, an uninhabitable
place. Not an easy task, being that we followed with our women and children,
without food or water, never knowing what tomorrow would bring.

Looking back on our long history, it has always been that same, small
minority that carries the torch of truth and is leading the way; they are
the ones that are remembered, whether it’s the ones who did not rebel
against the Kehuna in our parsha, or Calev and Joshua from the spies. These
are the ones that history remembers; the others - the rebellious ones - go
by the wayside, together with the Korachs of this world. The 80 percent who
wanted to stay in Egypt, or the assimilated Greek-Jews in the time of the
Maccabees - all gone from the stage of history.

Incredible as it sounds, today, too, the call of the fools who cry out
to give away the Golan, or more land in Yesha to the bloodthirsty Arabs, all
with the backround of what is going on in Gaza City, act as if they have
learned absolutely nothing from the past few years. And it makes no
difference whether the calls come from the “black-hatters” with their
misguided understanding of halacha, left-wingers, or other “enlightened”
leaders - in the end, their views will not be counted, will not matter. They
will go the way of Korach and his wicked assembly - lost forever. Who will
count, is the courageous minority of the Nachshons, the Calevs, the Joshuas.
They are the ones that history will rcord for posterity. They are the ones
who will lead us to the Final Redemption.

With love of Israel,
Levi Chazen


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Re: PARSHAT KORACH/ROSH CHODESH TAMMUZ - STOP THE AVALANCHE NOW!
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2007, 11:10:52 AM »
Why was Moses banned from Eretz Yisroel?

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Re: PARSHAT KORACH/ROSH CHODESH TAMMUZ - STOP THE AVALANCHE NOW!
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2007, 06:20:04 PM »
Why was Moses banned from Eretz Yisroel?

G-d told Moses to use his voice to cause water to spring from a mountain, so that the Jews would be able to drink, and so that they can see that Moses' staff had no power, since Moses had hitherto used the staff in every other instance.  Moses, in a fit of anger when he saw the Jews being disobedient (I forgot exactly what the Jews were doing), struck the mountain with the staff, causing water to spurt out.  That greatly upset G-d, since he was really counting on Moses fulfilling that particular task, and as a result G-d banned him from entering the land of Israel.


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In thy power Almighty, trusting,
Did our fathers build of old;
Strengthen then, O Lord, their children
To defend, to love, to hold
That the heritage they gave us
For our children yet may be:
Bondsmen only to the Highest
And before the whole world free.
As our fathers trusted humbly,
Teach us, Lord, to trust Thee still:
Guard our land and guide our people
In Thy way to do Thy will.