Machshava:

Chassidut,  Kabbalah 

Parsha:

Balak,  Korach,  Shelach 

Collections: R' Rubenstein Parsha Series

Description

Leil Shishi Shiur Korach's followers accused Moshe of adultery — a shocking claim the shiur resolves via the Arizal's yesod that Hevel's neshama split between Moshe (tov) and Bi…Korach's followers accused Moshe of adultery — a shocking claim the shiur resolves via the Arizal's yesod that Hevel's neshama split between Moshe (tov) and Bilaam (ra), meaning whatever ra people saw "in Moshe" actually belonged to his soul-counterpart Bilaam (just as Bilaam's blessings actually belonged to Moshe). The same mixture-principle applies to makom: the Meraglim were meant to go only to Yerushalayim/the Beis Hamikdash, the one place entirely free of Chutz La'aretz's admixture, but having toured the whole land, they mistook that foreign ra for Eretz Yisroel's own. The shiur closes on ki lo milibi (gematria Bilaam) — Moshe's declaration that nothing in the Torah is from himself — proof of his total authenticity, while teaching that everyone has their own miktzas ra to purify.