by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 11, 2023 | 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 the entire nation is holy. Only...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 1, 2022 | Korach, Psalms, Repentance
“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 overthrow Moses. Sadly, these...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 29, 2022 | Community, Covenant, Holiness, Humility, Justice, Korach, Leadership, Responsibility
Communism didn’t start with Karl Marx. It actually began 3,500 years ago with a different man – Korah. Korah was the wealthiest Israelite alive when God took the Children of Israel out of Egypt. He was from the tribe of Levi, and thus was never enslaved by the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 28, 2022 | Korach
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 Bible, Korah leads a...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 27, 2022 | Korach, Marriage and Relationships, Proverbs
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 sum total of all his...
