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3 Know Thyself 10 Korach’s Sin RABBI REUVEN MANN
Self awareness is crucial
6 Creation
RABBI MOSHE BEN-CHAIM
2 creations that top all others
RABBI RICHARD BORAH
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17 New Moon RABBI MOSHE BEN-CHAIM
Crimes against Torah
Blessing’s insights
15 Angel of
Death
RABBI MOSHE BEN-CHAIM
Understanding metaphor
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Proper Torah teachers direct us to value the greatest pleasure, which is Torah. They guide us in self-discipline where we devalue the noises in life of wealth, fame, and lusts. After exposure to Torah wisdom, one naturally rejects possessions, fame and pleasures, as he finds the greatest joy in God’s wisdom: “For wisdom is better than rubies; no goods can equal her” (Proverbs 8:11). PARSHA RABBI REUVEN MANN
“Know Thyself”
This week’s Parsha, Korach, depicts a most unlikely and unanticipated development, Korach’s rebellion against Moshe Rabbeinu. Korach contested the legitimacy of Moshe’s appointment of his brother Aaron, as the Kohen Gadol (High Priest from whom all future Kohanim would descend) and the tribe of Levi to assist in the Temple service. A fundamental objective of the great Revelation on Mt. Sinai, was to affirm before the entire nation the
Divine origin of Torah and Hashem’s designation of Moshe to be His sole legitimate spokesman. All the Mitzvot and the extensive body of Oral Law which governs their performance, were communicated by Hashem to Moshe who, faithfully, transmitted them to Klal Yisrael. Thus, in order for the people to fulfill their divine mission, they had to have complete trust in the integrity of Moshe. (CONT. ON NEXT PAGE)
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