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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)
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