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Torah Portion -
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Written by The Chill Weekly
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('ויקח קרח בן יצהר בן קהת בן לוי... (טז' א
Korach son of Izhar son of Kohas son of Levi took…
Blinded!
Korach had many outstanding qualities. He hailed from a distinguished family, was a talmid chacham, possessed extraordinary wealth, and was a very wise man. How then could he have fallen so low to accuse Moshe of selfishly taking power and prestige for himself, especially after the Torah testifies about Moshe, “Now the man Moshe was exceedingly humble, more than any person on the face of the earth.”? How could he possibly accuse him of possessing the contemptible trait of arrogance?!
There are two types of people; there are givers - people who are constantly looking for opportunities to where they can give and assist others. Then there are takers - people who are continuously looking how to further add to their possessions, how to satisfy their own needs and how to obtain more honor. The latter are never satisfied; they always desire more. The Parsha, right at the beginning informs us what the root of Korach’s downfall was: Vayikach Korach- Korach was a taker
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Written by Rafi Jager
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By Parshas Korach, Hashem had already forgiven the Jewish people for the sin of the Egel Hazohov which was worshipped only out of fear that Moshe would not descend from the mountain. The Torah and all of its laws were given at Har Sinai, and the Jews were divinely protected while traveling in the desert. Korach and his followers were the first group to rebel against the laws of the Torah, an occurrence which was especially unique because it happened at a time when there was no fear or uncertainty regarding Moshe's return.
Korach claimed that the entire Klal Yisrael was holy. The truth seems to be that Korach was right, as we see at the end of last week's parsha where Hashem tells us that we are to be holy to Him (15:40). Hashem even calls us "a nation of priests." However, Korach's mistake was that he thought that everyone's ways and means to achieve fulfillment through sanctity are the same.
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Torah Portion -
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Written by Yehuda Katz
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KORACH
" Korach ............took................." (16:1)
This "taking" was an act of persuading a rebellion against Mosha and Aaron. Its the "taking" away of someone's free will.This was a very powerful movement against Aaron's authority in the position of being the "High Priest".Yet we find that Korach had 3 sons Assir, Elkana, and Aviassaf. These sons , however, were saved from the calamity. Its interesting to note that these sons are referred to as "the sons of Korach", namely in the Psalms. (Refer to Psalm 45, ect)
A very curious question can be asked,we find in Baba Mezia59b the following statement: " If there is a case of hanging in one's family record, say not to him, "hang this fish up for me". This might cause a person to be shamed because of its hurtful reference.Therefore, why do we refer to the sons of Korach as the "sons of Korach", isn't this derogatory and shameful to associate these righteous men with reference to their father's shameful rebellion? Perhapes there's a lesson to be learned? In Yalkut Shimoni 752, it states the following about the sons of Korach: " While Mosha came to visit Korach in order to some how persuade him not to rebel, the sons of Korach found themselves in a dilemma
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Torah Portion -
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Written by d fine
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Just a short one. The 250 followers of Korach were pulled into this argument/rebellion, and they all offered their ketores despite the fact that they all knew that only one of them would be chosen - the rest were destined to perish. Each person genuinely thought that they would be the one to come out tops - above even Aharon HaKohen - to the extent that they were willing to put their life on the line for this judgment call. And we know what happened - ultimately they all perished and Aharon came out on top. We see from here the danger of machlokes; once dispute begins, all logic goes out the window in the quest for self-vindication and glory. Let’s try and keep our brain on top of things at all times.
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Torah Portion -
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Written by d fine
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After Korach spits out his rebellious barrage against Moshe and Aharon, the pasuk says (16:4) ‘and Moshe heard.’ What do these words mean; of course Moshe heard (he was not deaf) - what is the pasuk telling us? The idea is that Moshe looked deeper and understood where Korach’s claim was really coming from. Korach hid behind the claim of ‘the people do not need any leaders’ to charge his way to the leadership himself. Moshe understood exactly what Korach wanted and looked beyond the mere words that came out of Korach’s mouth. Moshe understood that (as the gemarra says) Korach’s argument was borne out of his haughtiness and lust for honour. This is why Moshe responded ‘in the morning HaShem will make known His chosen one’ - for Moshe knew that Korach really wanted to be the leader himself. This was a real act of hearing.
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