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במדבר
פרק טז: ח-יא וַיֹּאמֶר
מֹשֶׁה אֶל
קֹרַח
שִׁמְעוּ
נָא בְּנֵי
לֵוִי: הַמְעַט
מִכֶּם כִּי
הִבְדִּיל
אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
אֶתְכֶם
מֵעֲדַת
יִשְׂרָאֵל
לְהַקְרִיב
אֶתְכֶם
אֵלָיו
לַעֲבֹד אֶת
עֲבֹדַת
מִשְׁכַּן
יְקֹוָק
וְלַעֲמֹד
לִפְנֵי
הָעֵדָה
לְשָׁרְתָם: וַיַּקְרֵב
אֹתְךָ
וְאֶת כָּל
אַחֶיךָ בְנֵי
לֵוִי
אִתָּךְ
וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם
גַּם כְּהֻנָּה: לָכֵן
אַתָּה
וְכָל
עֲדָתְךָ
הַנֹּעָדִים
עַל ה'
וְאַהֲרֹן
מַה הוּא
כִּי <תלונו>
תַלִּינוּ עָלָיו: Numbers 16:8-11 Moses said further to Korah, "Hear me, sons of Levi. Is it not enough for you
that the God of Israel has set you apart from the community of Israel and
given you access to Him, to perform the duties of the LORD's
Tabernacle and to minister to the community and serve them? Now that He has advanced
you and all your fellow Levites with you, do you seek the priesthood
too? Truly, it is against the
LORD that you and all your company have banded together. For who is Aaron
that you should rail against him?" |
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Midrash Tanchuma Moses said all these things to convince
Korach, yet Korach did not respond! For Korach was as wise as he was evil. He thought: I know that Moses is a wise
person, and if I answer him, he will catch me on my word and will make me
change my mind. it is best if I have nothing to do with him |
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Question: What problem in the verse is the Midrash based on? |
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ANSWER
TO LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS: 1. What difficulty in the verse is the Midrash based upon? The wording
at the beginning of the verse - They came and they went - is awkward
and has needless repetition. The Midrash reads into this awkward language
that the Torah wants to compare the way they came with the way that they
went. |
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2. What is the idea behind
this Midrash? The
Midrash wants to say that your attitude when you engage in a task will
determine its outcome. The fact that the spies went out with ill-intent is
the reason that they found fault in the |
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