Parshat Korach – Korach vs. Moshe
A deeper look at the fight of Korach and its lesson in humility.
The Center For Jewish Thought
A deeper look at the fight of Korach and its lesson in humility.
What was Korach’s fight all about?
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The central theme of both this week’s Torah portion as well as its haftara, is the scouting out of the Land of Israel. In the parsha, Moshe sends the...
What was so terrible about the sin of the spies? Didn’t they follow Moshe’s directive?
The connection between the Land of Israel and the trait of humility.
Free choice and determinism
Moshe was the most humble man of all time.
By Rabbi Dovid Markel One of the many themes of this week’s parsha are two verses that do not seem to fit into the narrative of the portion. Before the Torah tells us...
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha deals with the levels of banishment due to various forms of impurities. The verse (Bamidbar 5:2) states: “Command the children of Israel to banish from the...
The relevance of the counting of the Levites to our lives.