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Iyar 27 5781 | Rabbi Ari Shvat
Remembering the 6 Day War- Yom Yerushalayim & Declaring New Holidays
It sounds complicated to declare new holidays, but it's actually not at all. Similarly to allow haircuts and music during the Omer also is simple. Just declaring Hallel with a bracha is more complicated, but an historic return to the forgotten background of the "6 Day War" helps clarify that, as well.
The Obligation of Thanking Hashem Jerusalem Day
45 min
Iyar 25 5781 | Rabbi Azriel Ariel
Translated by Hillel Fendel Jerusalem Day: Some Stones Are Hearts
The Western Wall looks simply like a big and menacing block of rocks. One must look with penetrating eyes to sense what it really expresses: the longing of dozens of generations, the prayers of our forefathers and foremothers, and the joy of all those who commemorated their happy occasions there over the course of centuries.
Jerusalem Day
Iyar 25 5781 | Rabbi Ari Shvat
Ein Aya Shabbat 2, 276 Give Space Before Harmonizing
Rav Kook teaches that opposing legitimate ideals inevitably first appear as contradictory, but eventually harmonize with each other. So by all partnerships and inter-personal and relationships, as well as ideological rabbinic machloket.
Ein Aya Ein Aya on Lag Ba'Omer
32 min
Iyar 25 5781 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
The Halacha Named for a Thief!
What Halachic principle is, strangely, named after a thief?
Preparations for Shabbat, Entrance and Exit
Iyar 25 5781 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
A Tale of Two Mountains
This Shabbat, we find ourselves between two staggering events: the tragedy at Har Meron last Friday, and Yom Yerushalayim this Sunday night and Monday. Two mountains, steeped in Jewish history, associated with the most significant personalities and pathos: Avraham, Yitzchak and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
Bechukotai Jerusalem Day

Beit Midrash Torah Portion and Tanach Bamidbar

Korach

Parashat Hashavua - Torah Portion - Korach

Shvat 7 5781 | Rabbi Michael Linetsky
Letter of the Law
Korach’s argument presupposes that it is the reason behind the Law and not the Law itself that is ultimately binding. Moses, on the other hand, derives the law matter-of-factedly, the reason behind it playing no role in its obligatoriness.
Korach
Sivan 27 5780 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
in a League of Her Ohn
Korach
Sivan 27 580 | Baruch Gordon
Israel National Torah Israel's Your Bride, Stay Faithful
comparing our relationship to the Land of Israel with the relationship between a man and his wife. In keeping with the analogy presented by a famous kabbalist, encouraging all Jews to embrace our bride, the Land of Israel.
Korach
3 min
Sivan 22 5780 | Rabbi Berel Wein
Korach
Korach
Sivan 22 5780 | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
How Not to Argue
Covenant & Conversation Korach
Tamuz 1 5779 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Giving and Living
This week is a double-header: A few words about Korach (there was no parsha sheet last week & Korach is the parsha sheet outside of Israel; & some thoughts about Chukat, too!).
Korach Chukat
Sivan 22 5779 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Taking Care of the Ill -- The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim
Gemilut Chasadim Korach
Sivan 21 5779 | Rabbi Yossef Carmel
Are There Criteria for Rabbinical Judges in Israel? – part II
Last week we saw that in addition to excellence in Torah knowledge, a dayan needs general knowledge, including in languages (Rambam, Sanhedrin 2). In Sanhedrin 2:7, the Rambam says: “And known by your tribes” – this teaches that the spirit of people must find them pleasant. “In what way will they be loved by others? When they possess a ‘good eye,’ a low spirit, they are good friends, and their speech and transactions with people are in a way that is pleasant.”
Parashat Hashavua Korach
Sivan 20 5779 | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Korach 5779 Argument for the Sake of Heaven
Covenant & Conversation Korach
Sivan 29 5778 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
The Halachos of Pidyon Haben
Korach Various Subjects
Sivan 27 5778 | Rabbi Yossef Carmel
Korach and Anti-Kere’ach People – Connection or Coincidence?
Chazal explain that the significance of Korach’s name is that he made a korcha (lit., a bald spot) in Israel (Sanhedrin 109b), as his people were swallowed up (Rashi ad loc.). The Maharsha explains that his name became korcha in that no one would use it, as “The name of the wicked will rot.” We will explore a different significance and a connection to a much later generation.
Parashat Hashavua Korach
Iyar 17 5778 | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The First Populist
Covenant & Conversation Korach
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
This is the way we salt our meat
In parshas Korach, the kodoshim part given to the kohanim is referred to as a “covenant of salt,” thus providing an opportunity to explain: This is the way we salt our meat
Korach
Sivan 26 5777 | Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l
A House Full of Sefarim and a Fully Blue Garment
Korach came with two claims against Moshe (Bamidbar Rabba 18:3): Could a house full of holy books require a mezuza? Could a garment that was fully techelet (a shade of blue used in the strings of tzitzit) require tzitzit? Indeed there are two types of complaints that we have been dealing with, generation after generation, and they have broken Israel into splinters and caused discord.
Parashat Hashavua Korach
Sivan 26 5777 | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
A Lesson in Conflict Resolution
Korach Covenant & Conversation
Tamuz 1 5775 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
The “firing” Of Korach
Korach Leadership
Tamuz 1 5775 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Parsha Summary: Korach
Korach
Sivan 5775 | Rabbi Berel Wein
KORACH
Korach
Rabbi Matityahu Clark
Hirsch At Your Table The Kohen’s Responsibility
A brief Dvar Torah on the Parsha, based on R. Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah Commentary
Korach
Rabbi Matityahu Clark
Hirsch At Your Table Political Ego
A brief Dvar Torah on the Parsha, based on R. Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah Commentary
Korach