The Daily Strengthening from The Rav, the holy Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a — “The Women Did Not Sin in the Wilderness”

Wednesday, 7 Cheshvan 5785 — “The women followed the Tzaddik.” These are his holy words:

Not a single woman sinned in the wilderness—not a single woman. Not with the sin of the Golden Calf, and not with the sin of the spies.

There were ten tests, ten sins, but the women did not sin—the women went with the Tzaddik. None of that interested them.

(Korach said:) Moshe is a fraud, Moshe is a sorcerer—“And why do you raise yourselves above the congregation of Hashem?” (Bamidbar 16:3). Suddenly the earth opened up, and they were all swallowed.

But for the women, this was not an issue. The women knew that Moshe is the Tzaddik. They follow Moshe through fire and water—Moshe split the sea; he brought the Ten Plagues.

Korach said, “I can also bring down Torah from Heaven—what’s the problem? I’ll go up to Heaven, and I too will bring down Torah.”

Moshe went up to Heaven—why did he go up to Heaven? Because everyone prayed; everyone crossed the sea—look, even Dasan and Aviram had the sea split for them. Dasan and Aviram