Tuesday Sivan 26 5703
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: Korach, Shlishi with Rashi. Tehillim: 119, 97 to end. Tanya: And this is also (p. 315)...in actual reality. (p. 317).

"They went down to the pit alive" [1] - even in the grave they think they are alive.

There is a blessing contained in "They went down to the pit alive," as with "the sons of Korach did not die," [2] - "a place was established for them [3] and they repented."

For Teshuva, repentance, is effective only while one is still alive.

This, then, is the blessing - that even in the pit they will live, and they will be able to effect Teshuva.

   

Notes:

1. (Back to text) Bamidbar 16:30.

2. (Back to text) Ibid. 26:11.

3. (Back to text) In Gehinom ("the pit," Purgatory for the soul); Megilla 14a. See Supplementary Footnotes.