(link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach And moshe was very incensed and he said to the lord, "do not turn to their offering. Not a donkey of theirs have i carried off, And i have done no harm to any one of them." (Bemidbar 16:15)   In those days… in this time? Not a donkey of theirs have I carried off – I never took a donkey of theirs even when I travelled from Midian to Egypt, I had my wife and my sons ride on the donkey,...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach And they assembled against Moshe and Aharon and said to them, "You have too much! For all the community are holy, and in their midst is the Lord,  and why should you raise yourselves up over the Lord's assembly?" (Bemidbar 16:3)   For all the community are holy, and in their midst is the Lord, and why should you raise yourselves up over the Lord's assembly. It seems to me that the proper interpretation is that...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach Not a donkey of theirs have I carried off And i have done no harm to any one of them  (Bemidbar16:15)   "…Not a donkey of theirs have I carried off" is to be understood as follows – Moshe said: In what way do I lord it over you?! I never even took a donkey for my needs as do kings and minister, even though this be the prerogative of government, as is written (Shmuel I,...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach You have not even brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Even if you gouge out the eyes of those men, we will not go up. (Bamidbar 16:14)   Not even… to a land flowing with milk and honey – Meaning, that you took us out of a good place, and if you had brought us to a similarly good place and...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach Speak to the children of Israel and take from them a staff for each father's house from all the chieftains according to their fathers' houses; twelve staffs, and inscribe each man's name on his staff. Inscribe Aaron's name on the staff of Levi… the staff of the man whom I will choose will blossom… And on the following day Moses came to the Tent of Testimony, and behold, Aaron's staff for the house...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach MOSES SENT TO CALL DATHAN AND ABIRAM, THE SONS OF ELIAB, BUT THEY SAID, "WE WILL NOT GO UP. IS IT NOT ENOUGH THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US OUT OF A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY TO KILL US IN THE DESERT, THAT YOU SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE AUTHORITY OVER US? YOU HAVE NOT EVEN BROUGHT US TO A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, NOR HAVE YOU GIVEN US AN INHERITANCE OF FIELDS AND VINEYARDS....

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN AND TAKE FROM THEM A STAFF FOR EACH FATHER'S HOUSE FROM ALL THE CHIEFTAINS ACCORDING TO THEIR FATHERS' HOUSES… INSCRIBE AARON'S NAME ON THE STAFF OF LEVI, FOR THERE IS ONE STAFF FOR THE HEAD OF THEIR FATHERS' HOUSE… THE STAFF OF THE MAN WHOM I WILL CHOOSE WILL BLOSSOM… AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAY MOSES CAME TO THE TENT OF TESTIMONY, AND BEHOLD, AARON'S STAFF FOR THE HOUSE...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach THEY GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST MOSES AND AARON AND SAID TO THEM, "YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR! FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY ARE HOLY, ALL OF THEM, AND THE LORD IS IN THEIR MIDST. WHY DO YOU RAISE YOURSELVES ABOVE THE LORD'S CONGREGATION?" (Bamidbar 16:3)   And Korah took: Korah was envious of Moses, and now he took advantage of the opportunity when Israel was grieving over the edict of ...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach THEY ASSEMBLED AGAINST MOSES AND AGAINST AARON AND SAID TO THEM: TOO MUCH IS YOURS! INDEED, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THEM, ARE HOLY, AND IN THEIR MIDST IS GOD! WHY, THEN, DO YOU EXALT YOURSELVES OVER THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD? (Bamidbar 16:3)   All of them are holy– All of them heard words directly from the Omnipotent at Sinai. (Tanhuma, quoted by Rashi, Bamidbar 16:3)   All of them are holy – And...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Korach AND MOSES SAID, "BY THIS YOU SHALL KNOW THAT IT WAS THE LORD WHO SENT ME TO DO AL THESE THINGS; THAT THE ARE NOT OF MY OWN DEVISING: IF THESE MEN DIE AS ALL MEN DO, IF THEIR LOT BE THE COMMON FATE OF ALL MANKIND, IT WAS NOT THE LORD WHO SENT ME. BUT IF THE LORD BRINGS ABOUT SOMETHING UNHEARD-OF, SO THAT THE GROUND OPENSUP ITS MOUTH AND SWALLOWS THEM UP...