“K
orach the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehas, the son of Levi took [himself to one side] along with Dasan and Aviram, the sons of Eliav, and Ohn the son of Peles, descendants of Reuven.” (Bamidbar 16:1)
The Midrash Rabbah (Bereishis 4:8) asks, “Why doesn’t the second day of creation conclude with ‘it was good’? The answer there is that on that day, Hashem divided between the upper waters and the lower waters. Thus, division — the root of conflict — was created that day.
Sifsei Kohein writes that as a result of this, Yom Sheini became associated with machlokes. The conflict with Korach also happened on Yom Sheini.
Reb Tzaddok (Resisei Lailah) points out that the Shir shel Yom for the second day of the week was written by the sons of Korach and speaks about Yerushalayim, the City of Peace, to teach us about shalom. (Rav Yaakov S. Weinberg, The Torah Connection)
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