Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
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CONTENTS
- Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
- Why would anybody take Korah's side against Moshe? Wasn't everyone aware of how much Moshe had done for them?
- How did Datan, Aviram, and On get involved? What did they have to do with this Levi rivalry?
- Why is it good to sometimes delay our reactions? How can we learn that from Moshe and Korah?
- Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
- What was the meaning of Moshe falling on his face when challenged by Korah?
- In what ways in the service of the kohanim an עֲבֹדַת מַתָּנָה (avodat mattanah, service of a gift)? A gift from whom to whom?
- Isn’t it true that the people are holy and that God is with them, just like Korah argued? Yet the Torah makes it clear that Korah is the bad guy in the story. Our commentators explain why.
- Did you know Korah and Moshe were first cousins? Explore commentary that suggests that family dynamics played a role in Korah's rebellion.
- Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
- What is נְפִילַת אַפַּיִם (“falling on your face”) and how does it relate to our parashah?
- Can the tzitzit on a tallit be any color of the rainbow?
- A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית
