Back from the Dead? The Incredible Sons of Korah
“And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all Korah's people and all their possessions.” (Numbers 16:32) That was the tragic price that Korah and his group of comrades had to pay for attempting to...
Women Who Kill – and Women Who Give Life
Who are you? This question seems deceptively simple, answered with a quick look at your driver’s license. But it is, in fact, a deeply complex question, one that we spend our entire lives answering and re-answering. A person’s identity is...
The Portion of Korach
This portion deals primarily with the rebellion of the eponymous Korah and his followers against the authority of Moses and Aaron. A cousin to the leading brothers, Korah protests Moses’s concentration of power in the family, insisting...