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National murmuring turns into outright rebellion in chapter 16 with Korach and his crew directly confronting Moses. Their argument is simple: why is Moses the leader?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why are they bringing this all up now? Perhaps they are motivated by a combination of a doomed generation and seeing Moses throw up his hands in the face of constant complaining. This motivation is vindicated by Moses falling on his face yet again as his initial reaction to this complaint.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Who are these conspirators?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Now Korah, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, along with Datan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth\u2014descendants of Reuben and two hundred and fifty Israelites, chieftains of the community\u2026 (verses 2-3).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Korach is clearly the leader of the group and his complaint is with Moses and Aaron. Korach was Moses\u2019s first cousin- the son of Moses\u2019s uncle. Moses\u2019s father Amram was the first born of Kehat, Levi\u2019s son, so the complaint is not about a first born right. Korach probably felt that he was at least from the tribe of Levi and should have had a bigger leadership role.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The 250 are a mystery. This is the fourth group of \u201cleaders\u201d introduced in Numbers: the 12 princes of the beginning of the chapter, the 70 elders who were appointed to assist Moses, and the spies. This group does not even match a number from Yitro\u2019s judges. Some commentators try to work out a mathematical split to say that Korach selected 23 from each tribe as 23 counts as the minimum number for a high court to assess capital cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Others say that this group was mostly from Levi and Reuben, the two tribes of the main conspirators. They must have felt they should have a larger leadership role as descendants of the first born. The tribe of Reuben was situated next to Korach\u2019s family, so that could be another reason for their partnership.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On is interesting as he never appears again. This leads the midrash to explain that On either got cold feet or his wife got him drunk to keep him out of trouble later. The Torah must have named him in order to teach a lesson in teshuva. Datan and Abiram give the most chutzpah to Moses and Aaron by even refusing to meet with them when Moses summons them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Who are they? They do not appear anywhere else in the Torah. The midrash speculates that they were the two Israelites whom Moses tried to stop from fighting and who ratted Moses out for killing the Egyptian. They were also responsible for much of the rabble rousing so far in the wilderness. The midrash also explains that they were worse then Korach because at least Korach\u2019s sons are saved and are included in Psalms. Datan and Abiram\u2019s entire families are killed. 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Face it: it was hard to argue with his claims. That's why it took direct divine intervention to silence him. Which is a satisfying end to a cynical power-hungry populist who manipulates otherwise worthy claims to suit his own play for dominance.\u00a0
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Korach is Jewish history\u2019s Disreputable Rebel. But for a tradition proud of producing mavericks like Abraham and Baruch Spinoza, Theodor Herzl and Menachem Begin, Betty Friedan and Natan Sharansky, rebellion is not necessarily wicked. In fact, what Shimon Peres called the \u201cJewish dissatisfaction gene\u201d generated 66 volumes of Talmudic debate, billions in start-up revenue, innovations galore in theology, technology, philosophy, philanthropy, academia, science. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

What then is Korach\u2019s sin in mutinying against Moses and Aaron? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Note Numbers 16:13.<\/span>\u201c<\/b>Is it not enough that you have brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert,\u201d Korach charges. \u00a0Peddling such false nostalgia for Egypt to a people clearly vulnerable to such fantasies is unforgivable. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

True, leaders good and bad love evoking Golden Ages \u2013 whether they existed or not. Donald Trump\u2019s promise to \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d echoed Franklin D. Roosevelt\u2019s very different 1932 campaign vowing \u201cHappy Days are Here Again.\u201d In <\/span>On Revolution<\/em> <\/span>the philosopher Hannah Arendt taught that the word revolution evokes a cycle, returning to purity, to first principles. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

But Korach perverts a common rhetorical riff into treasonous propaganda. He builds his Politics of False Nostalgia with an ideological hijacking. He steals God\u2019s vision of future grace \u2013 arriving in a Promised Land flowing with milk and honey. He then manipulatively applies it to describe the enslaving Egypt the unsettled children of Israel know and now miss rather than the redemptive Israel they\u2019ve been promised. Such deceptive demagoguery is subversive, creating a clash of mutually exclusive visions. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Korach\u2019s categorical, sweeping, all-or-nothing, us-versus-them, approach to politics explains Chapter 16\u2019s opening word \u2013 VaYikach<\/em> \u2013 and Korach took himself, separated himself from the Mosaic status quo. That petty Levite tribal jealousies motivated him and his co-conspirators made them ordinary political hacks. That he used his dissent to repudiate our community, our leaders, our values, and our vision so thoroughly made him, extraordinarily \u2013 dare we say it -- revolting. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

May Korach\u2019s destructive deceit caution us to beware those who reject categorically rather than criticize constructively. Let\u2019s keep political critiques of healthy democratic communities contained and patriotic \u2013 except when forced by an evil Korachian leader or policy. May we usually be guided by the wisdom of my rebbe. New York\u2019s former mayor Ed Koch, who advised, \u201cif you agree on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me; if you agree on 12 out of 12 issues \u2013 see a 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That the Israelites are drawn to the words of Korach is not a surprise. From the moment they emerged safely from the sea, they have been fickle and defiant. They turned away from God in favor of a golden idol and even memories of leeks in Egypt. \u00a0So, when Korach levels a well-worded charge against Moses\u2019 leadership, it is no wonder the Israelites are captivated:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou 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 yourselves above the LORD\u2019s congregation?\u201d (Num. 16:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is striking about this chapter isn\u2019t that the Israelites are led astray; it\u2019s the epilogue. \u00a0After God sends Korach\u2019s band down to the depths, one would expect the people to be chastened and to get back into line. Instead, with the earth calmed and the leadership question resolved, the Israelites panic: \u201cLo, we perish, we are lost, all of us lost!\u201d (Num. 17:27) <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The conclusion is unsettled and unsettling. Even with Korach\u2019s demise, the people don\u2019t understand how, in the moment, they could have known which leader to trust. Korach\u2014like Moses\u2014invoked God\u2019s word. \u00a0What was wrong with his words? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

More critically, how will the people tell good leaders from bad in the future? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The message that elites are no better than commoners, that the people ought to govern themselves, has captivated people throughout history, from Korach to Cromwell to Lenin and into today. Even though experience teaches that successful populists will insert themselves as a new elite, often cruelly repressing dissent, it is nevertheless difficult in the moment to tell the democrat from the demagogue. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Indeed, when the earth opened her mouth and swallowed Korach\u2019s band, the Torah records that the Israelites \u201cnasu lekolam<\/em>\u201d, literally ran <\/span>towards<\/span><\/i> the voices of Korach and his band, towards the chasm (Num. 16:34). This image\u2014a crowd blindly following a demagogue into danger\u2014is the threat of populism made vividly real.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We can then understand why the Israelites are so shaken at the end. After the Golden Calf and the spies, the Israelites learned a clear lesson: trust in God\u2019s word. At the end of this story, the Israelites don\u2019t know what to do. How can they ensure they don\u2019t follow the next demagogue down to <\/span>she\u2019ol<\/span><\/i>? This is the cry of \u201c \u201cLo, we perish, we are lost, all of us lost!\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And, starkly, there is no answer provided by God or Moses. This is a burden the people alone must bear\u2014to use their judgement to search out leaders who do justice, love mercy, and walk modestly with God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Korach was absolutely right about the nature of the Jewish people. They are all holy; the mitzvah of tzitzit just given testifies to that. In fact, when you look carefully, even the first test devised by Moses supports Korach's thesis. You might have expected that the result of the test was supposed to be something akin to the result of the test of the staffs in chapter 17, in which Aaron's staff is treated uniquely. Presumably, 'the one whom God chooses' would be represented by the one for whom heavenly fire descends.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Truly, all the congregation is holy, and heavenly fire descends for all of them. And in the opening verses of chapter 17, God tells Moses that the frying pans used by Korach's congregation need to be taken and made part of the altar, for <\/span>they have become <\/b>holy. <\/i><\/b>Apparently, even service by non-priests has religious significance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There was one small hitch, which cost the 250 holy Jews who offered incense their lives, as it cost the priests Nadav and Avihu their lives in very similar circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Korach was right about the people, but he was absolutely wrong about the nature of Jewish leadership, and this was a fundamental error he shared with Datan and Aviram. For them, leadership is above the people, it is a form of <\/span>serara<\/span><\/em>,<\/em> of lording over the people. The special privileges leaders receive are testament to this elevated stature.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The correct model is the exact opposite. As Rabban Gamliel expresses it when offering a job to two rabbis: \"It is not lordship I offer you, it is servitude!\" Of course, it is lordship as well; it is power, and privilege. But when that is a person's goal, or if it turns into their primary motivation, leadership becomes self-destructive. Barely a week goes by without a headline which proves that, eventually, hubris brings this about even absent heavenly fire.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If you read the text closely, you'll notice that it never says that Aaron himself offers incense. When does he? Only when instructed by Moses to save precisely those people who were stubbornly insisting on their rebellion against these two leaders with the harshest of accusations. Offering incense for the sake of proving status would have killed Aaron as well, as his sons' tragic experience proved. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Privileges are granted to leaders <\/span>only<\/b> by the merit of, and in the service of, the people.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":57693,"alt":"","title":"isam12-leadership","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","width":268,"height":188,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","medium-width":268,"medium-height":188,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","medium_large-width":268,"medium_large-height":188,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","large-width":268,"large-height":188,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","1536x1536-width":268,"1536x1536-height":188,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","2048x2048-width":268,"2048x2048-height":188,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","post_full_size-width":268,"post_full_size-height":188,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","home_baner-width":268,"home_baner-height":188}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Where Korach Was Right, And Where He Was Dead Wrong","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"He got the holiness of the people right, but was tragically misguided about the nature of leadership","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":57693,"alt":"","title":"isam12-leadership","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","width":268,"height":188,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","medium-width":268,"medium-height":188,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","medium_large-width":268,"medium_large-height":188,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","large-width":268,"large-height":188,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","1536x1536-width":268,"1536x1536-height":188,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","2048x2048-width":268,"2048x2048-height":188,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","post_full_size-width":268,"post_full_size-height":188,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam12-leadership.jpg","home_baner-width":268,"home_baner-height":188}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Numbers","chapter":"16","chapter_main_number":"133","date":"20260303","wall_id":"133"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"402","name":"Leadership","old_id":"802"},{"term_id":"480","name":"Holiness","old_id":"880"},{"term_id":"794","name":"Korah","old_id":"1194"}]},{"order":7,"id":"47511","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Tallit Entirely of \u201cTekhelet\u201d \u2013 Then and Now ","post_title":"Tallit Entirely Of \u201cTekhelet\u201d \u2013 Then And Now","slug":"tallit-entirely-of-tekhelet-then-and-now","old_id":"47511","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33877,"post_title":"Marc Bregman","slug":"marc-bregman","old_id":"33877","first_name":"Marc","last_name":"Bregman","description":"Marc Bregman received his Ph.D. from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1991. 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Our chapter begins with the ominous words \u201cAnd Korah took\u2026\u201d in order to list by name those whom he took with him to rise up against Moses and the legitimate leaders of the Israelite community. \u201cThey combined against Moses and Aaron and said to them, \u2018You 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 yourselves above the Lord\u2019s congregation?\u2019\u201d (16:3). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Midrash (Tanhuma Buber, Korah 4 and parallels) describes in detail how Korah questioned Moses\u2019 leadership by referring to what comes immediately before in Numbers Chapter 15 -- the Mitzvah of Tallit (the prayer shawl, with its fringes): \u201cWhat is written in the preceding passage? \u2018The Lord spoke to Moses saying: Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves Tzitit<\/em> (\u201cfringes\u201d) on the corners of their garments throughout the ages. Let them attach a Ptil Tekhelet<\/em> (\u201ca thread of blue\u201d) to the Tzitit at each corner\u2019 (16:37-38). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cKorah asked Moses: Would not a Tallit entirely of \u2018Tekhelet<\/em>\u2019 be exempt from the requirement to also have Tzitzit? ' Moses replied that such an all Tekhelet Tallit<\/em> would still require Tzitzit just like a Tallit of any other color.\u201d Korah fired back that such a ruling contradicts common sense, because this means that only four threads of Tekhelet<\/em> are more \u00a0halakhically effective than a Tallit entirely of Tekhelet<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Korah is here employing a kind of \u201ccatch-question\u201d, misused to cynically undermine the legal authority of Moses and the Torah. From Rabbinic times to our day, similar kinds of questions -- but lacking any such pernicious intent -- are sometimes asked by students of their rabbinic teachers, who appreciate this sort of intellectual give-and-take (shaqla\u2019 ve-tarya\u2019). <\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Significantly, the Rabbinic Hebrew expression that translates \u201ca Tallit entirely of Tekhelet\u201d, found in the Talmud (Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin 11:1, 27d) and in our ancient Midrashic texts has survived into Modern Hebrew. To say that someone is not a Tallit she-Kulah Tekhelet suggests that they are not as righteous as they make themselves out to be. Unbeknownst to most Hebrew speakers today, this modern usage of a Talmudic expression is, in effect, a colorful midrashic description of the biblical Korah. Korah is depicted as having made himself out to be even more halakhically observant than Moses, by suggesting an impractically strict interpretation of the Torah. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Korah\u2019s misuse of Talmudic reasoning to further his rebellion against the authority of Moses ultimately failed miserably. As we read in the dramatic end of our Chapter: \u201c\u2026the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all Korah\u2019s people and all their possessions. They went down alive into Sheol, with all that belonged to them; the earth closed over them and they vanished from the midst of the congregation\u201d (16:32-33).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Illustration for Chapter 16:<\/p>\r\n

Following the episode of the spies, in this chapter Moses faces yet another challenge to his leadership. Korach and his Levite followers formed a coalition with other dissatisfied groups, Dathan, Aviram, and On from the tribe of Reuven and \u201ctwo hundred and fifty Israelites, chieftains of the community chosen in the assembly, men of repute\u201d (16:2). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Each group had its own grievance. Korach resented Moses for selecting Aaron and his sons for the priesthood rather than his family. The Reuvenites were angry because their tribe was deprived of the status and privileges of the firstborn. The chieftains of the community were bitter because God appointed Moses as the sole leader of the Israelites, as they were certain that they, too, were capable of leadership: \u201cWhy then \u00a0do you raise yourselves?\u201d (16:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhen Moses heard this, he fell on his face\u201d (16:4). He approached each of the rebelling factions to try to resolve the various disputes. When all his attempts failed, God took a hand, and told Moses and Aaron: \u201cStand back from the community that I may annihilate them in an instant\u201d (16:21). Moses and Aaron pleaded with God: \u201cWhen one man sins, will You be wrathful with the whole community?\u201d (Num. 16:22). God then said: \u201cSpeak to the community and say: Withdraw from about the abodes of Korah, Dathan, and Aviram\u201d (Num. 16:24). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How did God punish the rebels, and what can we learn from that about their sin?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The painting conflates all the rebels into one large and complex scene. Moses, standing to the right holding his rod, is figured against dark burgundy-colored hills that seem to reflect his stormy emotions. The artist depicts the elders of Israel aligned behind Moses, using a blue arrow-like design to suggest their cohesiveness. On the far left we see the round-topped tents of Korah, Dathan, and Aviram. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

As they were protesting God\u2019s choice of Moses as their political and spiritual leader because they wanted to enjoy the earthly benefits that they imagined would come with leadership, their punishment was to be of the Earth, which would open up and swallow them. Moses had barely finished speaking when the ground under them burst asunder: \u201cThey went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them; the Earth closed over them\u201d (16:32\u201333).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The picture shows Korach and his followers and the rebellious group from the tribe of Reuven falling helplessly into the chasm and the Israelite chieftains who aspired to reach Heaven by becoming self-appointed priests as being engulfed by a fire that came from Heaven. Along the right side of the chasm we see yellow flames devouring very small sketched figures with incense pans in their hands. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The conflation of the brightly burning fire coming from the top and the dark pit full of falling figures on the bottom joins Heaven and Earth together in punishment for the sin of rebelling against God\u2019s religious, spiritual, and political designs for the people of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Artwork by: Avner Moriah, by courtesy of the artist<\/p>\r\n

Text by: Dr. Shulamit Laderman, who holds a\u00a0<\/span>PhD in Art History and has published extensively on Jewish and Christian influences on biblical interpretive illustration.<\/p>\r\n

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A brief check of the etymology \u201cinsurrection\u201d reveals a directional vector; its roots convey a sense of rising, the low made high, or at least trying to climb in that direction. This verticality also suggests reversal; the powerless ascendant, the powerful brought to their knees, Moses falling on his face. A polemic, the glint of a blade, an overturned table, the last made first. Revolt, rebellion, insurrection- perhaps we have so many words for the same phenomena because there is always the fear of, and attraction to, upending the order of things. The world might be made anew, but it is terrifying to contemplate the implications of rampaging change. The pull of the current might surprise even the strongest swimmers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Today\u2019s chapter is a carefully staged account of rebellion. \u00a0It features Korach, a member of the elite, fluently speaking the language of populism. If the episode of the spies in chapter 14 is an earthquake from below, spoken in rough accents, Korach\u2019s efforts are the suave instigations of the upper classes, those privileged enough to know just how close to power they stand. Unfortunately, grasping makes one vulnerable to falling, and Korach\u2019s tumble into the pit is a riposte to his ambition to ascend the mountain top.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses has the benefit of bolstering his leadership with the ballast of signs and wonders. His election is ratified by Divine Election. This does not entirely mute Korach\u2019s voice- his challenge still stands, millennia later. But we have it harder. Discerning the pretenders from the leaders, the sophists from the visionaries has never been more difficult, or more necessary. The ambition to lead blurs into the hubris to control and command. If we are all holy, why are some holier than others? And how truly are any of us, really, when we incline our ear to the haunting melody of glory?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cAny argument for the sake of Heaven will have enduring value, but any argument not for the sake of Heaven will not have enduring value. What is an example of an argument for the sake of heaven? The argument between Hillel and Shammai. What is an example of one not for the sake of heaven? The argument of Korah and all his company\u201d (Mishna Avot 5:17).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Following Meiri and other medieval commentators, the sages are here distinguishing between an argument for the sake of truth and one for the sake of victory. Hillel and Shammai were arguing for the sake of truth, the determination of God's will. Korach, who challenged Moses and Aaron for leadership, was arguing for the sake of victory: he too wanted to be a leader. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In argument for the sake of truth, if you win, you win, but if you lose, you also win, because being defeated by the truth is the only defeat that is also a victory. We are enlarged thereby. In an argument for the sake of victory, if you lose, you lose, but if you win, you also lose, for by diminishing your opponents, you diminish yourself. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses won the argument against Korach, but only at the cost of invoking a miracle in which the earth opened up and swallowed his opponents. Yet this did not end the argument. The next day the people gathered against Moses, saying: \u00a0'You have killed the people of the Lord' (Num. 16: 41). In this kind of confrontation, there is no benign outcome. You can only aim at minimizing the tragedy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The entire thrust of postmodernism, inspired by Marx and Freud, is to develop a 'hermeneutics of suspicion' in which there is no truth, only victory. Every argument is a (concealed) exercise of power, an attempt to establish a 'hegemonic discourse.' Judaism rejects this idea, not because it is never true \u2013 in the case of an argument not for the sake of heaven, it is \u2013 but because we can always tell when it is and when it isn't. There is such a thing as truth, and collaborative argument in pursuit of it. That is the basis of trust on which all genuine communication depends.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Numbers 16-17 tell of the rebellion of Korach and his followers, with one of the most memorable parts of the narrative being the description of the earth swallowing up the rebels. The three images shown here, \u201cKorach's Fate,\u201d a miniature by Jean Fouquet's miniature, \u201cDestruction of Korach, Dathan, and Abiram,\u201d the illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible, and \u201cKorach's Fate,\u201d the miniature from the Bible Abr\u00e9g\u00e9e, envision both the miraculous swallowing and the participating rebels in unique ways, reflecting different understandings of the original story.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

Fouquet depicts many people being swallowed by the earth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

Likewise, the Holman Bible\u2019s illustration shows several people being punished.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

The Bible Abr\u00e9g\u00e9e, in contrast, depicts only two, presumably Dathan and Abiram.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to the Biblical text, who was included in this punishment? Were Korach and his household killed together with Dathan and Abiram and their families?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The verses are ambiguous. Numbers 16:19 suggests that Korach was gathered with the 250 men in front of the Tent of Meeting for the incense test, while 16:24, 16:32 and 26:9-10<\/span> seem to include him within the camp of Dathan and Abiram.<\/span> \u00a0Some commentators therefore conclude that he was burnt<\/span>,<\/span> while others propose the o<\/span>pposite. The Talmud Ba<\/span>vli, in tractate Sanhedrin offers a \"compromise,\" suggesting that Korach suffered either both punishments<\/span> or neither.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The question relates to a larger issue as well: Was Korach the leader of both the 250 men and Dathan and Abiram? To what extent were the two sets of complaints intertwined? Was this one united rebellion or two distinct ones?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Adapted from: ALHATORAH.ORG<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\"Korah, the son of Izhar son of Kehat son of Levi, took Datan and Aviram, the sons of Eliav, and On, the son of Peleth \u2014 from the tribe of Reuben \u2014 and arose against Moses \u2026\" (Numbers 16:1-2)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It was hard to understand Moses' speech.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>He had a heavy Egyptian accent.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>He swallowed words. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>He stuttered. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Aaron had to repeat everything Moses said.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To hear Aaron, though, was a pleasure,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>His voice clear and articulate;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Still, Miriam spoke the best of all three. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses' wife never really mastered Hebrew.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>May she forgive me, but she spoke haltingly,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Her vocabulary hobbled, her grammar limped.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Rumors have it she and Moses spoke only Midianite between themselves. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

It was hard to understand Moses' speech,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>As if he were always translating something in his mind.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Rumors have it he spoke Egyptian like a poet and Midianite like a bard,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But his Hebrew \u2014 his Hebrew \u2014 <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rumors have it that only in the Tent of Meeting,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>After removing the veil that covered his face,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Only then did Moses speak fluently. Face to face.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Mouth to mouth. Finally free. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

It was hard to understand Moses' speech.<\/span>
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\u201cArguments for the Sake of Heaven\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Steven Wernick: What sorts of disputes are desirable? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cKorach and Revolution\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Josh Franklin: How does the status quo get changed? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. The motives of the rebellion.<\/em> The interaction between Moses and Korah in verses 9-10 show what the head of the rebellion wanted to achieve. Not the eradication of the hierarchy (\u201call the community is holy\u201d\u00a0 verse 3) - but rather the priesthood, the top of the hierarchy, for himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Testimony and honesty<\/em>. Moses testifies regarding himself in verse 15, \u201cPay no regard to their oblation. I have not taken the ass of any one of them, nor have I wronged any one of them.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Confused? Which<\/em> country is referred to by Datan and Abiram as \u201ca land flowing with milk and honey\u201d? Not Canaan - and not by accident. See verse 13.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. The art of the speech.<\/em> Even if Datan\u2019s words don\u2019t convince you, note his rhetorical skills. The short speech (verses 13-14) is well-formulated, very concise in form and content. Bookended by his declaration \u201cWe will not come!\u201d and with two cynical rhetorical questions that express the doubts held by many of those listening to him.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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