לזכות אבי מורי ואמי מורתי שיחיו
לזכות ידי"נ הרב ר' ישראל דניאל בן שיינא דינה וורניק וכל ב"ב לברכה והצלחה
Says the Torah Ha-kedosha [Korach 16/12-14]:
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח משֶׁ֔ה לִקְרֹ֛א לְדָתָ֥ן וְלַֽאֲבִירָ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י אֱלִיאָ֑ב וַיֹּֽאמְר֖וּ לֹ֥א נַֽעֲלֶֽה:
הַֽמְעַ֗ט כִּ֤י הֶֽעֱלִיתָ֨נוּ֙ מֵאֶ֨רֶץ זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ לַֽהֲמִיתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־תִשְׂתָּרֵ֥ר עָלֵ֖ינוּ גַּם־הִשְׂתָּרֵֽר:
אַ֡ף לֹ֣א אֶל־אֶ֩רֶץ֩ זָבַ֨ת חָלָ֤ב וּדְבַשׁ֙ הֲבִ֣יאֹתָ֔נוּ וַתִּ֨תֶּן־לָ֔נוּ נַֽחֲלַ֖ת שָׂדֶ֣ה וָכָ֑רֶם הַֽעֵינֵ֞י הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָהֵ֛ם תְּנַקֵּ֖ר לֹ֥א נַֽעֲלֶֽה:
Moshe sent to call Dasan and Aviram, the sons of Eliav, but they said, "We will not go up.
Is it not enough that you have brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert, that you should also exercise authority over us?
You have not even brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Even if you gouge out the eyes of those men, we will not go up."
Pretty straightforward.
Not so simple.....😊😊
A pile of questions:
1] The Kli Yakar asked which mountain did Moshe ask them to climb to which they said we will not "go up"? See Ohr Hachaim.
2] They listed their complaints and dissatisfaction with Moshe. But what has that got to do with the fact that they won't come speak with him. OK - you don't like the job he is doing but that should have nothing to do with your unwillingness to go speak with him.
3] Also they started with "Is it not enough that you have brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert" and concluded with "כי תשתרר עלינו גם השתרר" "that you should also exercise authority over us". What has one to do with the other? It doesn't seem to follow!
4] What is the double lashon of "תשתרר עלינו גם השתרר"?
5] In פסוק י"ד they say "You have not even brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey" but, as Rashi explained "Instead, you have decreed upon us to kill us in the desert, as you said to us,“your corpses shall fall in this desert”". But they then continued and said "nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards." If they are going to die - what do they need an inheritance of fields and vineyards for?? See Ohr Hachaim, Alshich and Gur Aryeh.
6] They said "Even if you gouge out the eyes of those men, we will not go up." What does gouging out eyes have to do with anything? Gory.
7] Why did they say "האנשים האלה" - "those men" when they were talking about themselves!!? See Rashi and Alshich.
8] Why before they said "כי תשתרר" - you exercise authority over us, they prefaced with "'המעט כי העליתנו מארץ זבת חלב ודבש" - you took us out of a land flowing with milk and honey while the preface to "לא נעלה" - we won't go up, was that he didn't take them to a land flowing with milk and honey. How does each remark necessitate its specific preface?
