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Levi’s Type of Gifts & Korach’s Cohen Cohen’s Type

Service ‫אני חלקך ונחלתך‬ Dispute Separated of Service

Levi agent of the Why Leviim ‫רש"י‬

Cohen to serve
people to assist Only to Cohanim given secondary From the Jews
the Cohen position?
HaShem (‫)פשוטו של מקרא‬
Why Cohanim
separated from ‫רמב"ם‬
Own service of Cohanim & Service of
rest of Leviim & From the Leviim
the Mikdash Leviim
given a different
Avodah (‫)להלכה‬
service?

CONCEPT OF MATAN TORAH (‫)הששי‬

Letter ‫ ה‬has three parts; expresses the balance in the world by Matan Torah
The three lines of the ‫ ה‬represent our reality: thought speech and action
Left leg of the ‫ ה‬is present Deeds need to exist

Left leg extends below as far as the

Deeds to be led by Torah directives
right leg

Left Leg not connected to top One involved with deeds needs to realize the
(as is the right leg) distance and aspire to the Torah

Opposition to Moshe and his Torah

Letters of the name of Korach, three distortions of the left leg, expresses
the lack of harmony between deed, speech and thought
inner service not
Long leg, extending
‫תכלת‬ below the right leg
needed to affect one’s ‫ק‬
deeds (Mitzvos)
no need for deeds and
‫מזוזה‬ Leg missing completely
certainly not primary ‫ר‬
Fulfilled; no further need
‫אהרן‬ Leg closed
to grow spiritually ‫ח‬

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From the Living Torah by Aryeh Kaplan

“And Korach started a rebellion “

(Targum; Rashi). Literally, 'took.' According to some, he 'took' Dathan, etc,

(Chizzkuni), the 250 men (Ramban; Sforno), or a mob (Rashbam). Others
translate it as, 'took the initiative' (Ramban); 'committed himself' (Ibn Janach);
'plotted' (Radak, Sherashim), 'came forward' (Saadia, see Numbers 8:6), or
'spoke up' (Septuagint).

Many authorities state that the Torah is in chronological order here, and that the
rebellion took place after the episode of the spies (Ramban; Sefer HaYashar;
Josephus, Antiquities 4:2:2). The motivation for the rebellion may have been
the decree that they would die in the desert (Abarbanel; see Numbers
16:14).

Others, however, maintain that the rebellion occurred before the episode of the
spies.

Some say that it took place when the Levites were substituted for the first-born
(Ibn Ezra). The Midrash states that the motivation was the appointment of
Eltzaphan son of Uzziel over the Kehothites (Numbers 3:30; BeMidbar
Rabbah 18:1; Bachya). Others say that it took place in Chatzeroth
(Numbers, 11:35, 12:16; Rashi on Deuteronomy 1:1).

According to these opinions, nothing is recorded in the Torah of what happened

between the episode of the spies and Miriam's death (Numbers 20:1).

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