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go in, the true beauty of Torah is lost on him. Had Datan and Aviram respectable men of the nation. But since Korach’s question was laced with
sought to cling to Torah, thereby fighting their Yetzer Hara,they would personal interests of jealousy and honor, his dispute swelled out of
never have fallen as they did. proportion and eventually pushed him over the precipice, down to the
innards of the earth.
“Korach son of Yitzhar son of Kehat son of Levi
took, with Datan and Aviram, sons of Eliav, and
On ben Pelet, the offspring of Reuven” “Korach son of Yitzhar son of Kehat son of Levi
(Bamidbar 16:1) took, with Datan and Aviram, sons of Eliav, and
On ben Pelet, the offspring of Reuven. They
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
congregation of Hashem?”
(Bamidbar 16:1-3)