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I heard from Rabbi Meir Leibush Glatstein in the name of his father, that during the time when there was a dispute concerning the Malbim [Rabbi Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel] of blessed memory when he was rabbi in the city of Lentshitz, his students asked him how this could be, since it is written “and there shall not be like Korach and his congregation,” so how could there still be disputes? The Malbim of blessed memory answered them: This is the interpretation – “and there shall not be like Korach and his congregation” means that there [in Korach’s case] one side was completely right and one side was completely wrong. Such a dispute will not happen again. But if there is a dispute, each side will have some merit and some fault, and such a dispute can occur.

[From] Rabbi Noach Gad Weintraub of blessed memory, “Zichron Chen” (Jerusalem 1947) page 10

שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵהָרַה”ח ר’ מֵאִיר לֵיבּוּשׁ גְּלַטְשְׁטֵיין בְּשֵׁם אָבִיו, שֶׁבְּעֵת שֶׁהָיָה מַחֲלֹקֶת עַל הַמַּלְבִּי”ם זַצַ”ל כְּשֶׁהָיָה רַב בָּעִיר לִינְטְשְׁנִיץ, שָׁאֲלוּ אוֹתוֹ תַּלְמִידָיו אֵיךְ יָכוֹל לִהְיוֹת זֶה הֲלֹא כְּתִיב וְלֹא יִהְיֶה כְקֹרַח וְכַעֲדָתוֹ וְאֵיךְ יְכוֹלִים עוֹד לַעֲשׂוֹת מַחֲלֹקֶת, הֵשִׁיב לָהֶם הַמַּלְבִּי”ם זַצַ”ל: כָּךְ הוּא הַפֵּרוּשׁ וְלֹא יִהְיֶה כְקֹרַח וְכַעֲדָתוֹ שֶׁשָּׁם הָיָה צַד אֶחָד כָּל הַצֶּדֶק וְצַד אֶחָד הָיָה כֻּלּוֹ חַיָּב, מַחֲלֹקֶת כָּזוֹ לֹא יִהְיֶה עוֹד, אֲבָל אִם יִהְיֶה מַחֲלֹקֶת יִהְיֶה לְכָל צַד מְעַט צֶדֶק וּמְעַט חוֹב, וּמַחֲלֹקֶת כָּזוֹ יָכוֹל לִהְיוֹת.
הָרַה”ח רַבִּי נֹחַ גַּד וִינטְרוֹיבּ ז”ל “זִכְרוֹן חֵן” (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם תש”ז) עמ’ י’