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“It shall constitute tzitzit for you, that you may
see it and remember all the commandments of
Hashem and perform them; and not explore
after your heart and after your eyes after which

you stray”
(Bamidbar 15:39)

How can we understand that Korach, a tremendous man, fell so low as to
deny the authority of Moshe and Aharon, to the extent that he derided the
mitzvot and expressed heretical thoughts? It was his all-consuming envy
which drove him over the limits of common sense and brought him to fall
into the abyss.

Korach drew admirers with his smooth speech. At first, he spoke words
of halachah. Once he had the people in his grip, he incited them with
words of mockery and derision against Moshe and Aharon.
In contrast, our Avot always eschewed honor. The entire world had heard
about the righteousness of Avraham Avinu, miraculously rescued from the # 26347-EYAL-6