One should not be like Korach and like his congregation. (Bemidbar 17:5)
Due to a certain incident that took place, I offered an innovative interpretation of this pasuk. ולא יהיה – “It is not going to be” like Korach and his congregation.
In other words, a case like the controversy of Korach is not going to repeat itself. That was a unique event in history. The machlokes of Korach was black and white. Moshe Rabbeinu was 100.00% right and Korach was 0.00% right. There was not even a tiny fraction of truth to Korach’s claims.
This type of machlokes happened only once in history. With every other disagreement from then until now, there is never one side that is 100% right. Neither side has the absolute truth. It is always a matter of which is more right.
If we keep this in mind, if we remember that even our adversary has a point, that there is no absolute truth, many fights will just dissolve.
We need to know that the main thing in Judaism is keeping the laws of the Torah. When two bnei Torah meet, two people who serve Hashem and are looking for the truth, but who were raised on different schools of thought regarding avodas Hashem, they need to pay attention to the fact that despite their divergent approaches and conflicting opinions, they actually agree on all the fundamental points of Yiddishkeit and have no disagreement regarding them.
When uncertainties arise, each person should decide them according to the derech he received from his rabbis and teachers. But this doesn’t mean something is wrong with his friend who was taught a different derech.
The abundance of views and approaches that exists regarding Torah issues is actually the beauty of the Torah. Together with all the truth, each has his own hue, his own approach and his own understanding.
