This week in Parshad Korach we read about one of the great rebellions in Jewish history.

Korach and his group of followers and fellow rebels mount a protest against the leadership of Moses and Aaron,

and Moses makes a dramatic intervention. And I'm going to call this how not to end a rebellion.

So let's begin at the beginning.

Korach rebels.

Karach and his followers rebel against Moses and they challenge his leadership.

Rala Madua, Tidnazhu, al Qa al-Qa-Hsham.

We're all holy. Why do you lift yourself up above us? Why do you give yourself airs and graces? It's too much. Korach

rebels. Karach, son of Kohot, the son of Levi, who was very envious that he wasn't made a Cohen. Then there were some people from the tribe of Ruvain.

Don't forget Ruvian was Jacob's firstborn son.

So how come none of the Rubinites got positions of leadership?

And there were 250 Israelite men from other tribes, well-known community leaders.

How come nobody invited us?

In other words, it was a typical Jewish broigus why

won't we invited why aren't we on the leadership team and so on and the question

is what happens next and as you know something rather dramatic happens

Moses prays that the ground opens up and swallows his followers alive.

He says, if the Lord brings about something totally new

and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them

with everything that belongs to them

and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,

then, you know, I'm the leader and not them.

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