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respectable men of the nation. But since Korach’s question was laced with and one first mate. If both man and wife would be perfectly equal, mutiny
personal interests of jealousy and honor, his dispute swelled out of would be the result. For this reason, Hashem saw fit to create man in His
proportion and eventually pushed him over the precipice, down to the image, and only afterward, to accord him a wife.
innards of the earth. As compensation to the woman, she is granted an added level of intuition.
This intuition has the power to bring her to great heights, and in its merit,
her husband appreciates her all the more.
A man must be careful to show respect for his wife and not lord over her.
If she were the one entrusted to study Torah, with her added intuition, she
might do a better job than he!
About the woman, it says, “If he merits, she will be a helper; if he does
not merit, she will correspond to him.” A woman has the power to use her
“Korach son of Yitzhar son of Kehat son of Levi intellect for good or for bad. If her husband does not respect her, she can
took, with Datan and Aviram, sons of Eliav, and be his worst opponent. But if he makes sure to value her properly, she
becomes his helper. If man and woman merit, the Shechinah rests among
On ben Pelet, the offspring of Reuven. They them. If not, a fire consumes them.
stood before Moshe with two hundred and fifty
men from the Children of Israel, leaders of the
assembly, those summoned for meeting, men of
renown. They gathered together against Moshe
and against Aharon and said to them: It is too
much for you! For the entire assembly – all of
them – are holy and Hashem is among them;
why do you exalt yourselves over the “Korach son of Yitzhar son of Kehat son of Levi
congregation of Hashem?” took, with Datan and Aviram, sons of Eliav, and
(Bamidbar 16:1-3) On ben Pelet, the offspring of Reuven”
(Bamidbar 16:1)