The Entire Existence of a Human Is to Thank Hashem And Be Sameach B'chelko

The land swallowed up the congregation of Korach who made Machlokes against Moshe. What does the land have to do with these Baalei Machlokes, and why is it fitting that the land should give the Onesh? וְהָאָרֶץ The land, Hashem gave נָתַן לִבְנֵי אָדָם (Tehillim 115:16) to the descendants of "Adam". A human is called an Adam because he comes from the Adama land. The entire Tachlis of a human is to thank Hashem constantly, and if not, he’s not a true Adam.

מַה בֶצַע בְדָמִי בְרִדְתִי אֶל שָחַת הֲיֹודְךָ עָפָר הֲיַגִיד אֲמִתֶךָ (Tehillim 30:10) What benefit is there for me to descend to extinction, will the earth praise You [instead of me]? Will it talk about Your truthfulness? Notice how Dovid HaMelech is saying that the problem with my leaving this world is that nobody will praise Hashem. כִי אֵין בַמָוֶת זִכְרֶךָ בִשְאֹול מִ י יֹודֶה לָךְ (Tehillim 6:6) There is no mention of You [Hashem] among the dead, in Gehinom, who will thank You? Again, the problem with death is that nobody will thank Hashem.

Chizkiyahu HaMelech had a major Mofes, when the entire Assyrian army was destroyed in one night through the intervention of one Malach. Klal Yisroel was saved, and if Chizkiyahu would have sang Shira, he would have become Moshiach. So the earth offered to sing instead of him. [Gemara Sanhedrin 94a]. We see how the earth is concerned about saying Shira.

A person’s mouth should mainly be used for singing, thanking, and for learning Torah, which is also a form of praising Hashem. [Like Dovid said: זְמִרֹות הָיּו לִ י חֻקֶיךָ (Tehillim 119:54) The laws of Your Torah are like songs to me, and the Torah is called: תְהִלָתֹו Hashem’s praises]. [Gemara: תַלְמִידֵי חַכָמִים מַרְבִין שָלֹום בָעֹולָם]. Talmidei Chachomim increase Shalom in the world. When people have Machlokes, it is the extreme opposite of Torah and Shira.

When people don’t use their mouths properly, and even do the extreme opposite of what a mouth was created for, then the earth opens its mouth, and swallows those wicked people. They disappear forever, as if they never existed. RSRH says that the earth closed over them in a way that there was no trace of them. This is a sign of how a Baal Machlokes is a big zero, since his very existence was to thank and to be a Sameach B'chelko, and by doing the extreme opposite, he is as if he never existed.