Why is it that people say עשיר כקורח? After all, since his wealth disappeared into the earth together with him, no one really knows how great his wealth really was. רבי ברוך מרדכי ליבשיץ explained: “Generally, while a wealthy man is alive, the estimates of his fortune are enormous. Upon death, however, it often turns out that his real worth is only a fraction of what people thought. In the case of קורח, however, since he took his wealth with him, he remained with the חזקה that he was an עשיר מופלג.”
06/10/2021