Much of Sefer Bemidbar concerns the Jewish people’s preparations for entry into the Land of Israel and their growing understanding of the challenges of nationhood. One inadvertent function, perhaps ...

The Rebellion by Korach and his followers against Moshe and Aaron is disturbing and perplexing. It is disturbing because it happened at all and it is perplexing because Korach who Rashi calls a wise ...

This week’s Parshah, Parshat Korach, contains the unfortunate saga of Korach’s rebellion; the gist of the story related by the Torah is how Korach was able to cobble together a loose group of ...

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To raise or to lower? That is a crucial question for a person to consider regarding how one’s spiritual life impacts other people and the world itself. Do I wield my Judaism, my Torah, my very being ...

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As the summer begins and young people set off into the broader world, often without close supervision for the first time, it’s a moment that invites reflection. What wisdom is worth passing on? What ...

From the time that Moses comes on the scene, he is under attack: • When he breaks up a fight between Jews while still in Egypt, one turns to him and says, “Who made you a ruler and judge over us?” ...

The controversy of Korach and his congregation – unlike the controversy of the scholars Hillel and Shammai – is a controversy not pursued in a heavenly cause. It therefore does not endure (Ethics of ...

Common wisdom has it that when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Perspective is pivotal. In our verse, we have two people rhapsodizing about a situation that was ...