Join our weekly Peninim on the Torah list!

Category

Back to Home -> Korach ->


“And it (the earth) swallowed them and their households, and all the people who were with Korach.” (16:32)

Korach’s sons repented at the very last moment, so they did not die. They were originally involved in the dispute, but they later saw the  light. Korach, however, was  too  embroiled,  too  involved in himself, to be saved. He went down in infamy. Yet, I think there is something to be derived from this thought: Korach could not have been all that bad. Apparently, if his children repented, then there had to have been a value system at home that was spiritually correct. They had to have been raised correctly. Horav Avigdor HaLevi Nebentzhal, Shlita, cites the Arizal, who takes the…

Continue Reading

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

Join our weekly Peninim on the Torah list!

You have Successfully Subscribed!