Korach - קרח : "Korach"
Torah : Numbers 16:1-18:32
Haftarah : 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22
Gospel : John 9-10

Thought for the Week:

A proverb says, "Woe to the wicked, and woe to his neighbor." This applies to Dathan and Abiram, the neighbors of Korah. Dathan and Abiram were neighbors with a contentious man. That is why they were punished with him and were swept from the world. (Numbers Rabbah 17:5)

Commentary:

... with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben ... (Numbers 16:1)

Congregational insurrection usually begins with one or two disenfranchised people who have a grievance (real or imagined) against the leadership. They share their grievance with others who will listen.

Korah had a gripe against Moses and Aaron. Like Moses and Aaron, Korah was a Levite. He resented Moses for appointing Aaron and his sons to the priesthood and making the rest of the Levites their servants. He felt that Moses was abusing his position of l...