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fiery furnace. Nevertheless, Hashem gave him an additional blessing of
 honor. One who flees honor will be pursued by it.

 The tribe of Levi merited carrying the Mishkan and its utensils not only
 because they were constantly involved in Torah study, but also because
 they played no part in the sin of the Golden Calf.

 The Avot performed all the mitzvot with utmost submission to Hashem,
 even those Rabbinically ordained. In contrast, the spies were so consumed
 with their honor that they went to scout the Land with negative intentions
 from the start. They were afraid that they would be demoted from their
 elevated posts once the nation entered the Land and therefore injected a
 negative outlook into their report.





                   The pasuk states, “That you may see it and remember.” Merely seeing the
                   tzitzit has the power to awaken a person to perform mitzvot and distance
                   himself from aveirot. The word tzitzit is numerically equivalent to 613,
                   hinting to the 613 mitzvot, as explained by Rashi. And simply wearing
                   tzitzit grants a person constant reward, with no effort on his part.
 “Korach son of Yitzhar son of Kehat son of Levi  The tzaddikim of our nation always try to utilize every moment to the

 took, with Datan and Aviram, sons of Eliav, and  fullest. They know that only in this world are they granted the opportunity
 On ben Pelet, the offspring of Reuven”  to accrue merit. They are always afraid that maybe they did not fulfill each
 (Bamidbar 16:1)   mitzvah to perfection. This would decrease their reward. See how
                   significant is this world of deed!

                   Rav Shach, zy”a, said that merely noting the fact that our body is
                   miraculously revitalized every day has the power to strengthen our
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