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The story of Korach
A long time ago, the Jewish people were in the desert.
They were led by Moshe.
Moshe was the leader chosen by G-d.
But there was a man named Korach.
Korach said:
“Why is Moshe the leader? I can do that too!”
He became angry and wanted to be the leader himself.
He also tried to convince other people to join him.
That caused arguments and trouble.
G-d was not happy with this fight.
Moshe asks G-d something
Moshe prayed to G-d and said:
“G-d, You know exactly who is good and who is not.
So why should everyone be punished together?”
Moshe knew:
G-d knows everything about everyone.
A big question
The wise Jewish teachers asked an important question:
How does G-d look at the world?
The Rambam says
The Rambam says:
When a person tries to do good and live the way G-d wants, that person feels that G-d is close.
But when a person does very wrong things and moves far away from G-d, it seems like G-d does not care.
It feels like that person is just living in the normal world.
The Baal Shem Tov says
The Baal Shem Tov says:
No.
G-d is always there.
For everyone.
For good people and for bad people.
Even a small leaf that falls from a tree does not just happen by itself.
G-d is involved in everything.
The Rebbe explains
The Rebbe says:
They are not really disagreeing.
They are just looking at it in different ways.
- The Rambam is talking about what a person can feel and see.
- The Baal Shem Tov is talking about what is always true.
The real truth
G-d is always there.
For everyone.
But sometimes:
- we can see it clearly
- and sometimes we cannot see it
Back to Korach
Korach thought he could just do whatever he wanted.
But G-d knew exactly what was happening.
Moshe said:
“G-d, You know everything about everyone.”
And G-d showed that He knew exactly what had happened.
What do we learn from this?
You can remember this:
- G-d is always with you
- even when you do not feel Him
- even when things look normal
- nothing happens by accident
One sentence to remember
G-d is always there, for everyone — sometimes we see it clearly, and sometimes we do not.
Por el rabino Tuvia Serber y Angelique Sijbolts
Fuente
Basado en la discusión del Rebe de Lubavitch en Likkutei Sijot, Volumen 18, pág. 196, abordando la historia de Koraj, el comentario de Rashi sobre Números 16:22 y las enseñanzas del Rambam, el Baal Shem Tov y el Mitteler Rebbe con respecto a la Divina Providencia.
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