Parashat Korakh - my first post in a year
This is a new version of a commentary and poem I have posted in the past. I hope you enjoy. Here's hoping I start posting again on a regular basis. Shabbat Shalom ---------------- This week’s parashah /portion, Korakh (Numbers/ Be’midbar 16:1-18:32), tells of the revolt against Moses’s leadership led by his cousin Korakh , along with Datan and Abiram . These three, and their followers, challenged Moses and Aaron by claiming that everyone is holy. One could say that it was a biblical version of “you're not the boss of me,” or for those of another generation, “who died and left you bosss?” If their argument with Moses and Aaron was rooted in their concern for God or the people, what Jewish tradition calls l'shem shamayim (literally, for the sake of heaven) then Moses and Aaron could have discussed or debated the issue with them. After all, disagreement and debate l'shem shamayim is at the heart of Jewish tradition (especially among the later rabbis).