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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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