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Korach’s pride pushed him to the lowest level. His defecting from the
nation effectively brought him to mock Hashem and His Torah.

In contrast, we find that Moshe and Aharon, paragons of humility,
claimed, “What are we?” The word (what) is numerically equivalent
to the word (man), as well as Hashem’s Name with its letters
spelled out. Some commentaries say that Moshe and Aharon did not even
consider themselves on the level of an ordinary person. Who were they,
they asked, that Hashem should rest His Shechinah among them? Others
explain that they meant they were only on the level of ordinary mortals,
not more important than anyone else in the nation.

Moshe’s passing is recorded in parashat Vezot Haberachah, read on
Shemini Atzeret. The great, final message that Moshe left us is the
following: When a person passes on, he takes neither his possessions nor
his prestige. His only escort is the Torah he amassed in his lifetime.
Moshe’s Torah was what accompanied him on his final journey. And
Moshe’s blessing of the nation before his passing teaches us that one
cannot be connected with the Torah if he lacks love of his fellow Jew.

Korach’s lineage stops at Levi. Yaakov had ordered his sons to maintain
unity. It was therefore unfitting for Korach and his uprising to be
attributed in any way to our Patriarch, Yaakov.
The Torah begins with the word (in the beginning) and ends with
the words “ – before the eyes of all Israel” (Devarim
34:12). The secret of our survival lies in the fact that we maintain unity,
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