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Beit Midrash
- Torah Portion and Tanach
- Bamidbar
- Korach
Korach contends that Moshe & Aharon have grabbed too much glory & power for themselves & insist that the leadership must be shared. When attempts to convince the rebels fail, Moshe sets up a test: Aharon & the rebels are both to offer ketoret (incense) to Hashem;
those who are in the right will have their offering accepted, the others will die an unusual death.
Hashem then causes the earth to open, swallowing Korach, while the other rebels are consumed by a flame. Among the rebels, only Ohn is saved (by his wife, of course!). Moshe then prevents a plague from breaking out among the general populace, many of whom sympathized with Korach.
Aharon’s staff then miraculously blooms into almond blossoms, & his role as Kohen Gadol is reaffirmed before the nation. The Torah then details the various gifts to be given to the Kohanim, & the obligation of the nation to support the Levi’im with Ma’aser, a gift comprising one-tenth of the crops of the Land.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
