Tammuz
5, 5780 / June 26-27, 2020
Torah:
Numbers 16:1 - 18:32
Haftarah:
1 Samuel 11:14 - 12:22
Candle lighting: 7:50 pm
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Please
feel free to pass this on to a friend, and please cite the source.
I
offer this d’var torah as a lesson (especially) to myself, as well as to
everyone else, to be more issue-oriented, and less personal-oriented.
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SHOW SOME RESTRAINT!
SHOW SOME RESTRAINT!
"And
the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all
Korach's people, and all their possessions." Numbers 16:32
In
the Talmud (Chullin 89a), Rabbi Ila'a teaches, "The world exists only on
account of one who restrains (boleim) himself at a time of provocation, as it
says in Job, '(God) suspends the earth upon restraint
(b'limah).'" Rashi says that b'limah (literally,
"nothingness") and boleim are related words. One who considers
himself as nothing is able to keep his mouth shut and restrain himself in the
face of provocation.
The
commentary Harei Bashamayim says this is why Korach and his followers were
punished in this way. Not only did they not restrain themselves, they used
their mouths to challenge Moses and God, and in a sense, the natural
order. They were provocateurs, and the earth could not abide by it.
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There
are ways to challenge that which we perceive to be wrong. If we publicly
attack someone and stoke the passions of others against that person, if we let
our desires eat at us, we risk being swallowed up. Show some restraint!
Shabbat
Shalom!
Rabbi
Richard A. Flom
הַלּוֹמֵד מִכָּל
אָדָם ?אֵיזֶהוּ חָכָם
Who
is wise? The one who learns from every person.
Ben
Zoma - Pirkei Avot 4:1
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