THE BAIS HAVAAD HALACHA JOURNAL: Volume 5775 Issue XXXVII Parshas Pinchas Sinning With Pure Intentions Commiting a Minor Sin to Save a Fellow Jew From a Greater Sin

In this week’s parsha the Torah relates the episode of the daughters of Tzlafchad. The daughters of Tzlafchad were exceedingly righteous and greatly desired a portion in Eretz Yisrael. The Gemara (Shabbos 96b) says that Tzlafchad was the mekoshesh – the one who desecrated Shabbos. It seems puzzling that the one who was famed for being a sinner in the dor hamidbar was equally famed for having such righteous children.