Category: Korach
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Korach 5785: Fighting Fire with Almond Branches
The week before last I made visits to two different shivah homes and officiated at a funeral. That sort of schedule is not typical but neither is it very unusual and I think most rabbis have…
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Korach 5781: “Disputes for the Sake of Heaven”
The Mishnah is the only ancient religious text that preserves multiple opinions. Chapter after chapter over tractate after tractate concerning one topic after another list majority and minority opinions, dissents and disagreements, often with no explicit…
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Korach 5778: “Stay Away From the Tents of the Wicked”
Today is the yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. My grandmother was married to a veteran Lubavitcher Chassid who died before I ever got to know him, but I grew up knowing that my grandmother had an extensive extended…
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Korach 5775: “Being or Becoming, Adjective or Aspiration”
Sometimes in an argument two people can use the same word, or two groups can make reference to the same concept, but they can mean that word or concept in opposite ways. That dynamic can be seen…
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Korach 5774: “Bring Back Our Boys”
I. In just a few moments we are going to say something absurd. After we have a chance to recite our personal Mussaf prayers, the Hazan will lead us in the “tefilah shel tzibbur” the prayer…
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 