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bamidbar words of the Living G-d.” In contrast, an example of a dispute for ulterior

motives is that of Korach and his cohorts, who were ultimately buried
alive.

Korach was blamed for using the Torah as a tool to promote his rebellion.
Who initiated his dispute? It was his wife, who incited his jealousy toward
Moshe and Aharon, encouraging him to seek personal honor. She saw that
this was his inherent desire and fanned the flames of passion within him.
On the other hand, the wife of On ben Pelet used her womanly wisdom
to save him from dispute.

Korach sinned because of his wife, whereas On ben Pelet was saved
because of his. Korach already had the seeds of envy planted within him,
whereas On did not. Each followed his natural inclination, for better or
worse.
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Man’s mission in this world is to arouse the good qualities within him,
while laying to rest the negative ones. This is a lifetime mission, for one
is never guaranteed protection from his negative attributes.
Torah is the tool with which we work on our middot. One who becomes
detached from Torah will be overcome by his evil tendencies. This was
the case with Elisha ben Avuyah and Yannai Kohen Gadol.

Korach did teshuvah before he was swept underground. He finally
acknowledged Hashem’s Presence, as he proclaimed, “Moshe is true and
his Torah is true!” The letters of the word (Moshe) can be transposed
to spell (Hashem).

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