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6/22/12

Shabbath Shalom!!

"A reminder to the Children of Israel…that no one should "be like Korach and his company." (17:5)
This verse serves as the source for the law to avoid involvement in divisive arguments and contentious disagreements. It is indeed ironic that the same Korach who called for abolishing the distinctions between different groups of Jews became the paradigm of division. Abolishing boundaries does not always produce unity; in fact, it can produce exactly the opposite. It is possible to unite fire and water (by heating the water with the fire) only if they are separated by a pot. So, too, it is often the imposition of boundaries that allows for the truest expression of unity and harmony amongst people.

(Lubavitcher Rebbe , Kehot Chumash - compiled by Ascent co-founder Rabbi Moshe Wisnefsky)

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