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For the third time in the Korach story, Moses’ situation is dire, as Israelis would say, \u201con the face\u201d <\/span>al hapanim<\/span><\/i>. Literally. But the last time God declared his intentions to wipe out the entire congregation, Moses could fall on his face, but still have something to say. “Will You be angry with the entire congregation on the account of one man’s sin?” <\/span><\/p>\n

This time, Moses couldn’t make that claim. It really was the entire congregation at fault, and they insisted on blaming Moses and Aaron, despite all of the miracles, for the deadly consequences of their own rebellion.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what does a true leader of the Jewish people do when God tells him to remove himself from a sinful, ungrateful, unworthy people?<\/span><\/p>\n

Moses’ response ought to make every Jewish leader think long and hard about the dynamics of his relationship to God’s law, on the one hand, and to the Jewish people, on the other.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Go, <\/span>quickly<\/b>, <\/i>to the congregation<\/em><\/b>,<\/em> and atone for them.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The text repeatedly emphasizes how Aaron’s actions take the exact opposite direction of God’s command\u05e5 He goes <\/span>“into the midst<\/span> of the congregation” and stands on the frontlines, “between the living and the dead,” essentially doing battle against God’s decree, while having every justification to let the people suffer their punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the only kind of leader that God chooses: one who makes unconditional commitment to the Jewish people\u00a0 their ultimate value. 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