rebellion
Would YOU be crazy enough to attack Moses?
Korah had everything - he was the richest man in the world at the time, he was a member of the priestly tribe of Levi and he was the patriarch of a large and accomplished family. And yet, in one of the more disturbing stories of the...
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...
