Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Korach AHARON TOOK IT, AS MOSHE HAD SPOKEN, AND HE RAN TO THE MIDST OF THE ASSEMBLY: AND HERE, THE PLAGUE HAD BEGUN AMONG THE PEOPLE! SO HE PUT THE SMOKING INCENSE IN IT, AND EFFECTED APPEASEMENT OF THE PEOPLE; NOW HE STOOD BETWEEN THE DEAD AND THE LIVING, AND THE PLAGUE WAS HELD BACK (Bemidbar 17:12-13)   The Incense As "A Weapon" In The Hands of Aharon – Lover and Pursuer of Peace –...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parashat Korach THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSHE, SAYING, "REMOVE YOURSELVES FROM THIS COMMUNITY, THAT I MAY ANNIHILATE THEM IN AN INSTANT." THEY FELL ON THEIR FACES. THEN MOSHE SAID TO AHARON, "TAKE THE FIRE PAN, AND PUT ON IT FIRE FROM THE ALTAR. ADD INCENSE AND TAKE IT QUICKLY TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE EXPIATION FOR THEM. FOR WRATH HAS GONE FORTH FROM THE LORD. THE PLAGUE HAS BEGUN!" AHARON TOOK IT, AS MOSHE HAD ORDERED, AND RAN TO THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION, WHERE THE PLAGUE...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parshat Korah They assembled against Moshe and against Aharon 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? (Bemidbar 16:3) – All of them heard words directly from the Omnipotent at Sinai. (Tanhuma, quoted by Rashi, Bemidbar 16:3) *** “All of them are holy” – “And you shall be holy” These two passages present us with the concept of kedusha – of...