mdd, Pinchos ben Elazar took two lives – of a Jewish sinner and a non Jewish woman not bound by torah; he did it knowing with the ruach hakodesh he had that it was a seminal turning point, and that Moshe Rabeinu was not in a position at that moment to stop the sinning among b’nei Yisroel. He willingly gave up that part of the neshomo that is torn when one takes a life, even for a valid reason. HKBH granted him a special brocho, of shleimus, which he had given up, “hineni nosain lo es brisi sholom” to make him complete once again. Do not presume for even a second to be on the madreiga of the grandson of Aharon, of one of the holiest people who ever lived. Do not presume to have the insight or the hashpo’os that he had that informed his decision making. Do not presume that because he was a kanoi, it is a free pass for anyone who believes he is upholding torah to do anything they feel they should. That is a base misuse and abuse of Torah.
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