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When Judaism Loses Its Soul -- How the Rebbe Understood the Sin of Korach

Even Divine Diamonds Can Be Covered in Mud: There’s No Replacement for Inner Emotional Work

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1980: A young YY Jacobson standing behind the Rebbe during Selichos

סיכום השיעור:

This class, in Likkutei Sichos vol. 4 Parshas Korach, was presented on Thursday, Parshas Korach, 3 Tamuz, 5783, June 22, 2023, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

It was on Shabbos Korach 61 years ago, in 1962, when the Rebbe revealed the inner depth of what was Korach's mistake. 

As it turns out, Korach grasped one of the powerful ideas of Chassidus: The power of physical actions in the physical world. He glorified the technical and physical rituals of Judaism. But when you lose the soul, you can end up in the abyss. 

The Rebbe, in this historical Sicha, explains the two common errors people can make: The mistake of the spies who shunned the physical world; and the mistake of Korach who thought you can divorce Yiddishkeit from inner spiritual and emotional work. 

אנא השאירו את תגובתכם למטה!

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    Rachel -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    Question for Rabbi YY

    Thank you so much!

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    korach complained that some are exalted over others

    but, he didn't mind being a yid who are the chosen people?! a true egalitarian should say all humanity are equal.

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    the physical mitzvah is higher than the kavana

    behind it. that's why actual physical creation is  ggreater than the thought to create the world. we live in the actual world not in the thought behind it

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    the action in a practical mitzvah is equal?

    what then of hiddur? 

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    all Torah learners learn differently

    but the reward for one who barely understands and the reward for s chocham is no different!

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    the Rebbe Rashab said negative about Ahad Haam?

    the Rebbe never said negative about anyone! 

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    the yidden had few mitzvos in the midbar?

    half the Torah is mitzvos Bain Adam lechavero. those applied in the midbar as well, plus a few mitzvos Bain adam lemokom

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    if the purpose of a yid, a neshoma and

    creation is to transform the world. Why weren't the yidden in the midbar being prepared for this by planting etc in the midbar?  it's not prep for the battle with gashmious by being in Gan eden?

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    only the yidden were made a nation

    without a certain territory?

    actually they did have a promised land.

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    40 years of paradise?

    if so, why did Aaron haCohen need to make peace between spouses and friends?

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

  • Anonymous -1 שָׁנָה לִפנֵי

    maybe korach was under 20

    when the gezera that all men over 20 would die in the desert? and so korach was not part of those sentenced to die? therefore no complaint 

    השיבו לתגובה זו.סמן את התגובה הזו.

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