[Avodah] Korach Tzaddik Katamar Yifrach

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 08:41:46PM -0400, Cantor Wolberg wrote:
: There are eleven Tehillim which have in its first verse a recognition  
: of the "livnei Korach."...

Contrary to an earlier reply, Rashi (Bamidbar 26:11, and 20:22) cites
chazal (cf Sanhedrin 109a) that benei Qorach did initially join the
rebellion. They did teshuvah while at the mouth of the pit.

:           However, his comment "For all the congregation are holy" was  
: an egregious error and missed the major point that our holiness is not  
: an automatic condition, but rather, a potential for which to labor,  
: not an assured state...

I think both are true. Or, as RYBS put it beris goral, which is
inescapable, vs beris yi'ud which a person must choose to live up
to. But there is an inherent qedushah in being "beni bechori Yisrael".

Which brings me to another thread...

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