Parshas Korach: The Duality of Roles of Moshe Rabbeinu

recording in progress okay good afternoon everyone to the Monday afternoon National sh welcome everybody we have a very important topic today if anybody would like uh to be m in the upcoming that's available we have we have very guest today first of all uh the Yeshiva is over and campon starts we have schlomo gladin here and David gladstein they're on the floor over here they're hiding out but they're here at the shear and uh okay here here's you want to say hello no no okay you don't have to say hello okay there's a very interesting in the par okay hi okay go sit on the floor okay [Music] got very upset do not turn to their do not turn to their flower offering I did not bear and take one Donkey from them I did not harm one of them this is when the struggle between M and K reached The Tipping Point whenu said enough is enough I can't uh I'm not going to tolerate what kak is doing anymore I'm not going to tolerate kak's accusations this is so to speak the real the boiling point of the where got angry and he says to hasem don't turn to their offering don't turn turn to their as if to prove that he is correct and that K is wrong in his accusations said did I take a donkey from them did I ever take a donkey from them I never took a donkey from them so you can make the case that this PK is the central PK in this week's para where mhu said I never took a donkey open the door I never took a donkey from them and the proof that the proof that this is the central P this the proof that this is the central PK in the par all the way the proof that this is a central PK in the par is the fact that if you look in the ha which the ha is supposed to be uh a reading of the N which is uh reiterating and similar to the main subject of the paraa the we read in where said did I take an Ax from them did I take a ding from them did I oppress anyone did I harm anyone so it's very interesting that on the we see two things number one we see that is primary argument that he is correct in his accusations that he is correct in his struggle with K is the fact that he didn't take a donkey I mean what does that have to do with the was accusing of nepotism whatever the various uh approaches in the ma what exactly the accusation of K was but why is this relevant that M did not take a donkey from them how is that hitting on the head the main tinina of K and furthermore is this really the most important nuda of the par that this is what we choose to read about in the ha namely you know what this week's ha is about that that sh says I didn't take a donkey from them what's this emphasis on the donkeys so I would like to share with you today the the approach of the to this week's para it's a novel approach it's an ingenious approach and by learning this approach to the it will give us A New Perspective and a new insight into many different uh of and the this is found in the he says an amazing phenomenon says that there are two institutions in CL is there is the institution of the navi and the job of the navi is to prophecy is to teach Tyra and then there's the institution of the M the institution of the king say we never find that those two institutions were combined in one person we do not find for clel that the King was also the prophet sent to instruct to teach and to guide the people except for was the only individual in history who is both a Nai and a so you say Nai we know one of the is that was the greatest Nai who ever lived but M was a king how is M King since when was mha King well says the says and he was King in now Rashi learns God was a king in yesan however thez says is going onu that the rash heard T from him so was not only AIU was also a but the other yes yes was he wasn't the M was he wasn't the m and the kings were not Prophets The Kings were not prophets was not a prophet was not a prophet even was not a see is not but not a that's the meaning say from look in thear get in number eight on your sheet the says from the days of until Rabbi we don't find toyra and gdula in one place now we usually think what does it mean we don't find that you won't find rabbis who are rich you could have people who know Tyra but they don't know business they don't know how to make money and yet people know how to make money but they don't necessarily know Tyra but the never shall the twain meet from the days of M until rebi we don't have but the inter interprets it differently you know what it means from the days of until re we don't have it means we never find that the Tyra leader was also the king and the guide of the people usually these two institutions were separate were inct from M to we don't find that the nvi or the one who T was also the powerful leader of the Jewish people mha encompassed both roles he was both the m and the navi and rebi encompassed both RS he was the teacher of Tyra he redacted the mishna he codified the mishna and furthermore he was the leader of the Jewish people to the government to the powers and even if you say by the way that D and schl were Nim they were greater Nim they were not the leading Nim in their times so even if you say well if you look at Mill and and the list of the 48 Nim D and SCH listed that may be the case but in the times of David there wasi godi and in terms of n they were greater so this is an idea that usually there are two institutions in the Jewish people the institution of Tyra leadership Tyra teaching Tyra that's prophecy and malus that's sovereignty and usually they are not encompassed in one person and therefore as we're going to see the accusation of K to was M yes I was present on Hari and I saw God speak to you face to face and I am a eyewitness to the greatness of your n in fact K agreed that M was the greatest Nai who ever lived but K was saying well if you're the nvi but you can then not be the Mel of the Jewish people and you know who should be the the me me but you can't have both of it with this principle theer explains something very interesting we find in SE in SE we find in the says that took off his garments he prophesied before he fell unclothed the whole day and the whole night therefore it was said is even a prophet did you ever hear that expression did you ever hear that expression is even sh a prophet what exactly is this expression is even sh a prophet and by the way this was not the first time we find in because if you look in the says like this they came to give us and there was a group of coming toward him is even is even like what is this so the question is you know what is the novelty of the expression later on in what's the novelty of that when this was said much earlier on in fact in the it says there was a common refrain is eveni so what is this refrain that they had is even Shi what is the novelty of it if it was always said and the explains as follows when sha ran after David and in R and he prophesied they said and this is a Wonder because they already said before sh ever became a king they said where it became an expression and the says it comes out very beautiful before sh was the king he was not valued by the people so at that point in time they wondered who is this guy who does this guy think he is he's prophesying is even Sha anavi but now this is later on in history now this is when he already became the king so once he became the king so now now they're wondering how could he prophecy but he's a Mel and a Mel can't be a na'vi so the first expression was when he was a rookie when he was a novice and they were wondering is eveni he's not on the level of Na that's before they knew who he was now after he was a seasoned and recognized individual now the question is but he's a m and if he's a m how could he prophecy soer suggests that the original question of how could he prophecy that ceased once he became a king they were afraid of him but now the question is how could he prophecy if he's a m and suggests that in fact maybe the reason why he was prophesying when he was a m is that was aimon that the Mal was taken away from him meaning maybe the fact that sha re uh regained prophecy that indicated that heaven was not pleased with his M and that the was going to give them so this is really an amazing phenomenon that the points out I don't think most people are aware of this I don't think most people know that prophecy and malus are mutually exclusive that we never find the two together even and SCH were not the preeminent and this is explains the expression and this was the of K says I know you're a great man I know you're the greatest Navi who ever lived but you can't be both the navi and the m so I have a great idea you know who should be the next Mel me now the question then is why is malus Anda mutually exclusive why do they not go together says because the job descriptions of a Mel and AI are Polar Opposites it's a has to carry himself with loftiness with Majesty with power with Force only God is above him a king that foro his honor his honor is not forgiven so a king has to be but a Nai a na'vi is supposed to be soft like a reed to conduct himself with Shas and by doing so he'll be able to influence the people like we find the whole world was sustained in the Merit of in his great humility all he needed was a because of his Shas a navi cannot be arrogant a navi cannot carry himself with loftiness so says the for examplei or Elisha hanavi who would always be traveling from City to City they had no set location and destination and they were always on the go and that's why sh [Applause] said was Ai and Sh therefore says I am fulfilling my role perfectly did I exert any authority over them did I take anything from them I didn't take a donkey from them also shim he never said he he went from place to place however a says is the opposite of this he could take your children as slaves but the navi can only uh agundiz himself above the rash like did with and with an and Alisha did with the 42 and with otherwise not and even when said yeah he said and he was punished so the of K was like this K's was and therefore they need AI who's a they need a Nai who's just humble how could you be the M you'll be the Nai and I'll be the M this was the of K so now the million doll question is is if being Ai and a m are mutually exclusive but obviously they were not mutually exclusive because Mo was able to Encompass both roles how is mosu able to Encompass both roles if AI cannot be a I'll explain to you how he did it look number 13 on the sheet the true reason why was able to because of his excessive humility every other me in the world his malus would be a contradiction to his prophecy notu in his awesome humility he was able to balance he's the only individual who's able to balance both rowes by the way we could add that maybe that's how rebi was able to balance being the teacher of T and being the leader of the Jewish people as we find in the that rebi also was the Paragon of humility say the face of of was like the son why is he compared to as the son because he's the son is an to the world he served the world and therefore onlyu could he be a m and the teacher of Tyra so you say well why couldn't David do it David was also humble didn't say I'm a worm the answer is was even more humble he said I'm nothing I'm nothing David was something he was a worm a worm is more than nothing I have a friend in Taria he was a worm farmer a high-end worm farmer so you know you think a worm is lowly but you know a worm is EP is something it's better than nothing okay so here we we encounter this amazing idea that even though throughout the tanak there was never an individual who Encompass both being a m and a navi but in his great humility normally these two jobs are Polar Opposites the navi has to incomp has to conduct himself with great humility and the teacher and the m has to go uh carry himself with with Majesty butu in his Supreme humility was able to Encompass both roles now let's study this a little bit because it would come out then according to this that whenu says I did not take one Donkey from them this I would say in fact is addressing the Tina of kak head on kak's Tina was you're the navi so you're humble so how could you be the m so was saying no no no no no did I ever exert is my malus a contradiction to my na did I ever take anything from the people did I ever um pull rank did I ever uh take advantage of my position to benefit from the people as a m was saying like sh just like sh said said I did not take a donkey from them's claim his tin of is a hitting K's accusation on the head K said that these two roles are mutually exclusive not in me says but I want to share with you a very interesting question I want to talk a little bit about M Mal and and perhaps explain a little bit more why his malus in fact was not a contradiction to his greatness in n and I want to point out an interesting dimension of his Mal says I did not take a donkey from them why not isn't the most basic rule of being a m that you could impose tax on the people as you please if you want to breach the fence you breach the fence if you want to take a field you take the field so why didn't so you say well maybe he didn't do it because then it would have been a contradiction to his n this is the question of RA Feinstein the this week's of RA Shin ra asked why in fact did not take a donkey also we we pointed out you know mosha was a m and and when in when it says make for yourself Two Trumpets of silver make them out of bang out bang them out Rashi says trumpets of silver that they should blow the trumpets before you like a king but the materials has to have to be it has to come from your own possessions and Raa also asks RHA asks on the that the says that had to make it from his own material but if the whole purpose of the were for Mal what kind of Mal is it if he has to make his own trumpets if the whole purpose of the CH is to honor him what kind of honor is it if has to pay for it you know imagine you saw a king you say hey King nice Crown where'd you get it King said where I get it I got it online I ordered it on Alibaba I got it for for uh 17 cents it came all the way from China I got it from India I got it online I got a good deal I paid for where' you get that so if the whole inion of the was to honor why would he have to pay for it I have another question was a how could really then anyone who rebelled against should have the status of do we find that those who rebelled against were you know whenu said destroy them what did respond the ran says in number 20 in his humility he answered okay they're prophecy if only every Jew was AI the says that mha was saying it's okay that they they so to speak stepping on my toes I'm a rebi I'm the rebi of Cl a rebi that forgo his honor his honor is forgotten so we see yeah but wait a second I thought was a didn't he make like a a wasn't he a king So in that case should not have been able to forgo his honor writes in that those who rebelled against in the midbar were not even though he was a king so we're learning something very interesting about M Mal it was not your typical malos number one he had to pay for his own trumpets number two he was able to his coved number three those who rebelled against him were not considered m and I'll show you a fourth uh interesting thing about you know the gar in asks asked for and it was not given to him that's whyem said do not approach here he was a king that was a king was asking that he wants the to be transferred and to be passed down to his children and that the malus was not passed down to his children so there are some unusual elements of the number one it was not a contradiction to him being a Nai every other was a contradiction to their being a navi number two those who rebelled against him were not number three he had to pay for his own number four he was able to be on his so these are a lot of interesting things about and number five it so number one it didn't go to his children number two there was no Mar he had to pay for his own he was able to on his C so and number five it was not a to him being a Mel for him to be a Nai so at the L of rski at the H for rski ra said as follows you know when somebody's the God ofar who appoints them the godar if is there like a vote you know they have um 100 candidates and then they narrow down the godar award to top 10 then they they each give a prba they they they narrow it down to the top three and then they have a debate and then they have two guy two standing and then they debate each other and then who and then there's a committee and after they they have one man standing and then the Queen of England puts her wand on the on this God's head and says you are thou the God no obviously not so is there a process is there a vote is there a ceremony there's some there's certain type of greatness that just speaks for itself the we're not are never appointed it's their toyra knowledge their scholarship speaks for itself and Raa applied this toski he said that his greatness in Tyra was not dependent whether he was a RV in or in samitz or whether he was in London or whether he was in is it's his Tyra knowledge speaks for itself and in this sense you know there's other are appointed their Mal is an appointment not so the the of the of so to speak emanated M it spoke for itself it came from his Mastery and scholarship in you know the M says in that anyone who learns for the sake of Heaven merits many things and one of those many things is it gives a certain royalty it gives a certain Majesty this in a way we could say and said this applied to the the reason why moso did not take a donkey from anybody and this might be a little bit of another element here in other words the says that mha was able to Encompass both roles Mal and NOA because of his humility so he was able to Encompass both maybe we could say there's a with a slight Nuance that it's not in MOA did not Encompass two rolesa was a navi he was the Paragon of Mame TOA but his TOA Eminence was such that it instilled a certain Mal of in him therefore say a little different than it's not that he didn't take a because he had to show so such humility so that his Mal could be compatible to his it's emanated from his to so he could not benefit from others because since it emanated from his toyra he could not use the toyra as a as a shovel to take benefit from you know it's interesting the so in that sense may be a little different the reason why it was not a contradiction maybe K thought thatu in fact assumed two roles you see according to he assumed two roles and his humility allowed him to Encompass both roles but maybe according to Raa it's not that he assumed two roles he had one role his role was nvi teacher of TOA but the toyra that he had instilled malus in him and because of that it was not a contradiction for him to assume both RS that's why he had to emphasize I did not take a donkey cuz if I would have taken a donkey I would have been from the points out that you know that served like a waiter and the question is how could he do that the gar Compares it to but the question is was a says when was he a by he was a but came before the T was given so therefore he wasn't yet a m in that sense and this could help us understand why when mhu asked for malus the gar says he was given malus but not to be passed down to his children why was MH not pass down to his children I would I would humbly suggest because MH was different than regular MOS M as says emanated from his Tyra and through his his it was and we read we read you have to prepare yourself to learn Tyra is not an inheritance for you can't inherit Tyra if your father knows Tyra that's great has nothing to do with you if your father has money you if he has a house if he has to the T doesn't get passed down as a yusha and therefore since Mo's Mal emanated from his to Hashem said I can't give you Mal that will be pass down to your children you see the of that was an appointment that was an independent institution that institution in fact is contradictory that's a that gets passed down but this is malus that emanates from T so that's a malus that every individual is on their own for so this was the Tina of kak kak's Tina was never in history do we ever have somebody who's able to combine both roles and today we're we're learning we're we're studying I think two possible approaches how much in fact was able to assume both roles either either as says because of his great humility for him it wasn't a contradiction to be a m and a navi but according to Raa it could be it wasn't a contradiction because in fact it was not two independent roles it was was instilled with through the okay I wish everybody a wonderful day a beautiful day if anybody wants to join us in helping translate upcoming into Spanish or fren French now is your opportunity to join that's available I wish everybody a beautiful day can we make a comment