Korach Had Three Sons
Believed in his mishkan
When everything went down
They shofared leaps and bounds
With nowhere to call home
They took refuge in Shalom
Korach Opposed Shalom
Shabbos and Tzitzis too
How could such a virtuous campaign
Capture the hearts of the Sanhedrin?
Korach carried the aron kodesh
Meaning, it carried him
How could he deny Torah m’Sinai?
Why does his name express baldness?
Why do we read Korach during summer vacation?
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Don’t Be Like Korach
Or like his community
It’s an issur d’Orayso (Preface Chofetz Chaim)
Pharaoh, Bilaam, Esav, Amalek seem way worse
Why no issur to resemble them?
The First Zionists
Ma’apilim, they’re called by Hashem
Good guys or bad?
Rav Tzadok defends them
כל מה שיאמר לך בע״ה״ב עשה חוץ מצא (פסחים פו:)
Rabbi Nachman told a chassid to go home
Then revealed that he had hoped the chassid had ignored his advice
Sadly, Rav Tzadok’s defense is tenuous
And Rabenu’s story doesn’t help either
Why?
Wear Them Out
To integrate
Allegiance and submission
A marrionette
On strings of light
The tightropes
Of creation
Things To Remember
Arizal says four daily
Of those four
Yetzias Mitzrayim twice a day
מה נשתנה
Steps
Can’t be used to ascend the mizbayach
Considered indecent
But must be used when servicing the menora
Steps
Aharon Is Consoled
His mitzva outlasts the others’
Mitzvas ha’menora
What about birchas Kohanim?
It’s also done today, more often than menora
The answer is in the stone…
Post Shavuos Yiddish Lesson
Courtesy of Rabbi Dovid AbuChatzera Shlita
Tzaddikim call this Shabbos
“Shabbos Noch Shavuos”.
Noch has two meanings
“Afterwards”, and “again”.
This Shabbos not only follows Shavuos,
It’s also an opportunity to continue what we started this Shavuos.
Pick up where you left off
Take it up a level.
Every Chag Is Unique
Pesach with it’s chometz, matza, and sippur yetzias Mitzrayim.
Sukkos loaded down with surround sound mitzvos.
Yomim Noraim…you get the picture.
Shavuos?
Nothing at all.
No special requirements or prohibitions.
It’s entirely in your hands.
Some make cheesecake out of it.
Others, perfection of the human condition.
Time to look up some good recipes.
Shavua Tov