1)

What are the connotations of the words "Va'yih'yu le'Neis"?

1.

Rashi and Targum Onkelos: It means that they became a sign (a warning) 1 and a remembrance - to prevent a repetition of Zarim attempting to usurp the Kehunah.

2.

Targum Yonasan: It means that they became a test - to see whether the people would do Teshuvah. 2

3.

Oznayim la'Torah: It means that their death was a miracle, in that they they died a death that nobody before or since has ever died. 3


1

See also Ba'al ha'Turim.

2

See Na'ar Yonasan.

3

Oznayim la'Torah: Bear in mind that the congregation of Korach died by means of a plague and the two hundred and fifty men, by fire, and only Dasan and Aviram were swallowed up by the earth.

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