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D'VAR TORAH
Numbers 16:1-18:32

During the forty years in the wilderness, Moses faced a number of challenges to his leadership. The most threatening was the constitutional crisis brought about by Korakh's attempt to supplant both Moses as political leader and Aaron as High Priest.

D'VAR TORAH
Numbers 16:1-18:32

The story of Korakh is one of divine intervention to settle a challenge to settled authority. Yet in the Talmud, divine intervention is ignored when settling a famous dispute. How do we reconcile these two approaches?

D'VAR TORAH
Numbers 16:1-18:32

Rebelling against Moses, Korakh says, "You have gone too far! For all the community are holy, all of them, and the Lord is in their midst? Why then do you raise yourself above the Lord's congregation?" Is this question really out of line?

D'VAR TORAH
Numbers 16:1-18:32

Korah claimed that all of the people were holy and that they should share in the special relationship with God. Rabbi Steven Pik-Nathan examines this claim and its motives in a reflection on leadership and authority.

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