Tuesday Sivan 26 5703
Chumash: Korach, Shlishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 119, 97 to end.
Tanya: And this is also (p. 315)...in actual reality. (p. 317).
"They went down to the pit alive" [1] - even in the grave they think they are alive.
There is a blessing contained in "They went down to the pit alive," as with "the sons of Korach did not die," [2] - "a place was established for them [3] and they repented."
For Teshuva, repentance, is effective only while one is still alive.
This, then, is the blessing - that even in the pit they will live, and they will be able to effect Teshuva.
Notes:
Bamidbar 16:30.
Ibid. 26:11.
In Gehinom ("the pit," Purgatory for the soul); Megilla 14a. See Supplementary Footnotes.