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bamidbar

How could Am Yisrael offend the honor of Moshe, the agent of
Hashem? It was because they viewed him solely as a physical guide,
not as a spiritual leader who could direct them in the proper service of
“Well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the Hashem.
people excavated, through a lawgiver, with their The word in the pasuk adds the injunction to fear
staffs. From the Wilderness to Matanah” talmidei chachamim. Through fearing tzaddikim, a person comes to fear

(Bamidbar 21:18) Hashem Himself.
Our Sages state, “A tzaddik decrees and Hashem fulfills.” Tzaddikim have
the power to nullify harsh decrees. This is in order to awaken the nation
to do teshuvah, ultimately bringing them closer to Hashem.

Moshe asked Hashem to refuse the offering of Korach. Korach scorned
Moshe’s leadership, akin to scorning Hashem’s leadership. Those who
speak in praise of tzaddikim are considered to be praising Hashem.
Moreover, one who constantly studies the good deeds of the righteous will
ascend in Torah and increase Hashem’s glory.

“For Cheshbon – it was the city of Sichon,
king of the Amorite; and he had warred
“Hashem said to Moshe: Do not fear him, for against the first king of Moav and took all his
into your hand have I given him, his entire land from his control, until Ammon”

people, and his land; you shall do to him as you (Bamidbar 21:26)
did to Sichon, king of the Amorite, who dwells
in Cheshbon”
(Bamidbar 21:34)