Korach’s campaign poster is appealing: Holiness exists already among all the People. Thirty-two years ago, the great Yeshayahu Leibowitz z’’l posited that we are foolish to interpret Korach ...

What can we learn from the story of Korach? This week’s Torah portion, Korach, highlights two negative traits that exist within a person: envy and disputing others. These traits do not control ...

Korach’s purpose in disagreeing with Moses was to destroy the system of the priesthood. The challenge presented in Parashat Korach is to recognize the fine line between dissent that is self ...

When Korach and his cohorts challenge Moses’s rule, the attacks culminate. In their words, “You take too much upon yourself” (Numbers 16:3). Moses is brutally criticized despite all the good ...

Consider the case of Korach’s rebellion. Did Moshe handle it in the best way possible? The outcomes seem quite awful. The leading rebels were not reintegrated into the community ...

This week’s parsha begins by associating three people specifically with Korach and his rebellion against Moshe: “Datan and Aviram, the sons of Eliav and On ben Pelet, descendants of Reuven ...

In this week’s parsha that earlier murmur of dissatisfaction with Moses and his leadership becomes a full-throated shout. Korach pounces on the opportunity to attempt to replace Moses ...

In Parashat Korach, we read about the rebellion led by Korach, a respected member of the nation, against Moses and Aaron. Among those in the opposition he led were Datan and Aviram, two known ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Korach, we discuss Korach, the great grandson of Levi, who cobbled together a crew of 250 respected communal leaders, along with Datan, Abiram, and On ...

“Now Korach, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, betook himself, along with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth—descendants of Reuben—to rise up against ...

There were 3 parties who had very different motivations. Korach wanted power and honor. He was manipulative and used others to achieve his goals. Dotan and Aviram were anarchists. If there was a ...