58) WHO'S IN YOUR HEICHAL?

The Kotzker Rebbe said; “While Korach (who tried to oust Moshe from his position) was standing on the duchan (the platform used by the levi’im to play their musical instruments), he underwent a process of spiritual transformation. 

He became inspired and more spiritually aware than ever before. So he thought that if he would progress further into the heichal (the inner sanctuary), he would become even more elevated.

What he didn’t realize, though, was the fact that the only reason he felt so uplifted by his experience on the duchan, was because Moshe was standing in the heichal.”[1]

The Kotzker reminds us that sometimes, while basking in our sense of achievements, we forget our interconnectedness and our interdependences. 

We think we got to where we are by our own hard work and dedicated determination – and we pretend that the catalystic components - of luck, fate, G-d, timing, and help from others - played no part in our rise to success. 

But there is always someone in your heichal.

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[1] Amud HaEmet p. 91, par 4 

This is an explanation of the verse; "You have taken upon yourselves too much" (Rav lachem).