The Tragic Impact of Unyielding Conflict: Lessons From Korach's Rebellion and Protecting Innocent Lives

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Why do innocent babies suffer due to the conflicts of their parents? Join us as we unearth the tragic lessons from Korach's rebellion and the chilling consequences of inflexibility and dissension. This episode explores the severe repercussions when individuals refuse to heed wise counsel and instead choose a path of rigidity and conflict. Closely examining Rashi's commentary and the Maharal's profound insights, we uncover why the sin of machlokes (dissension) is so catastrophic, even though it isn't one of the cardinal sins like idolatry or murder.

Discover the heartbreaking reality of how unnecessary conflict can lead to the loss of innocent lives, as demonstrated in the story of Korach. We'll unpack the powerful notion that living a life of unyielding strictness can tragically extend its harsh consequences to children, who are too young to be held accountable. Reflecting on these ancient texts stresses the importance of flexibility, empathy, and understanding. Save the babies—embrace a life free of unnecessary conflict and discover how to avoid the tragic outcomes that rigidity can bring.

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it didn't have to be this way.

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The innocent young babies.

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They didn't have to die.

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Korach, no matter how just or well-meaning your intentions were when you launched that mutiny, lama Tisnasu, aqahal Yisrael, korach, along with your 250 rabble-rousers.

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It didn't have to be this way, that you didn't have to be swallowed up by the earth along with innocent young babies.

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If you just would have listened to Moshe's pleas.

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But because of your intransigence, because of your inflexibility, you were so stiff, so rigid, you didn't hear Moshe's words and now innocent young babies had to die.

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Rashi says come and see how wretched, how destructive and tragic is the sin of dissension that the heavenly courts, and even the courts down here based in they don't punish until you're mature, until you're 20, but innocent young babies get harmed when it comes to the sin of machlokes, as you see here, by korach and the moral and trying to understand rashi.

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Why is it that Machlokas is so bad, so evil?

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It's not one of the cardinal sins.

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It isn't as bad as bowing down to idols.

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It isn't as bad as murder.

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It isn't as bad as immorality.

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So why is it that Bo Ure'ekam Akosha Machlokas?

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Why is it that innocent young chaps, innocent young sucklings, have to perish when their parents fight.

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Why is Makhlokas so kasha Says the Maharal?

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That's just it.

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The words say it all Kama kasha, not how severe, but kama kasha, how rigid these people are.

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They are so stiff, kasha, they are inflexible, unable to bend, unable to see anything from a different point of view.

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So you know what happens.

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God punishes you with the same attribute that you live life with that your young children that are young enough that they don't have the attribute of justice to ever punish them.

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Too young, they don't have enough seichel.

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So the heavenly court steps back and doesn't punish them.

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But when you act with the only midah of strict justice, with no sort of rachamim, with no sort of seeing it from another point of view, when you act with kamakosha, kamakosha comes and even attaches itself to your children and everyone goes down with the strict attribute of justice that you live life with.

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Ladies and gentlemen, save the babies, don't fight.

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It's not worth it, especially and most prominently, if it's not for the sake of heaven.

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It's just not worth it, because when you are so intransigent and unwilling to budge, terrible things happen.

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Because that's playing in the world of strict justice.

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Kama kasha, hamach laikas.

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How bad is the grievous sin of dissension?

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