Numbers 16:1 - 17:5
In this week's parshah [for Progressive communities and all in Eretz Yisrael], we read about a rebellion against the authority of Moses and Aaron.
Can you think of a time when you challenged an authority figure, for example a teacher, manager, policitican or official. How did it go? What could you have done differently?
In this week's parshah [for Progressive communities and all in Eretz Yisrael], we read about a rebellion against the authority of Moses and Aaron.
Can you think of a time when you challenged an authority figure, for example a teacher, manager, policitican or official. How did it go? What could you have done differently?
אָמַר לִי תָּא אַחְוֵי לָךְ בְּלוּעֵי דְקֹרַח חֲזַאי תְּרֵי בִּיזְעֵי וַהֲווֹ קָא מַפְּקִי קוּטְרָא שְׁקַל גְּבָבָא דְעַמְרָא וְאַמְשִׁינֵּהּ בְּמַיָּא וְדַעֲצִיתֵהּ בְּרֵאשֵׁהּ דְּרוּמְחָא וְעַיְּילֵיהּ הָתָם וְכִי אַפֵּיק הֲוָה אִיחֲרַךְ אִיחֲרוֹכֵי אָמַר לִי אַצֵּית מַאי שָׁמְעַתְּ וּשְׁמַעִית דַּהֲווֹ אָמְרִין מֹשֶׁה וְתוֹרָתוֹ אֱמֶת וְהֵן בַּדָּאִין אֲמַר לִי כֹּל תְּלָתִין יוֹמֵי מַהְדַּר לְהוּ גֵּיהִנָּם לְהָכָא כְּבָשָׂר בְּקַלַּחַת וְאָמְרִי הָכִי מֹשֶׁה וְתוֹרָתוֹ אֱמֶת וְהֵן בַּדָּאִין
Rabba bar bar Ḥana continues his account. The Arab also said to me: Come, I will show you those who were swallowed by the earth due to the sin of Korah. I saw two rifts in the ground that were issuing smoke. The Arab took a shearing of wool, and dipped it in water, and inserted it on the head of a spear, and placed it in there. And when he removed the wool, it was scorched. He said to me: Listen to what you hear; and I heard that they were saying: Moses and his Torah are true, and they, i.e., we in the earth, are liars. The Arab further said to me: Every thirty days Gehenna returns them to here, like meat in a pot that is moved around by the boiling water as it cooks. And every time they say this: Moses and his Torah are true, and they, i.e., we in the earth, are liars.
עֲשָׂרָה דְבָרִים נִבְרְאוּ בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, פִּי הָאָרֶץ, וּפִי הַבְּאֵר, וּפִי הָאָתוֹן, וְהַקֶּשֶׁת, וְהַמָּן, וְהַמַּטֶּה, וְהַשָּׁמִיר, וְהַכְּתָב, וְהַמִּכְתָּב, וְהַלּוּחוֹת. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, אַף הַמַּזִּיקִין, וּקְבוּרָתוֹ שֶׁל משֶׁה, וְאֵילוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, אַף צְבָת בִּצְבָת עֲשׂוּיָה:
Ten things were created on the eve of the Sabbath at twilight, and these are they: [1] the mouth of the earth, [2] the mouth of the well, [3] the mouth of the donkey, [4] the rainbow, [5] the manna, [6] the staff [of Moses], [7] the shamir, [8] the letters, [9] the writing, [10] and the tablets. And some say: also the demons, the grave of Moses, and the ram of Abraham, our father. And some say: and also tongs, made with tongs.
הַכֹּל צָפוּי, וְהָרְשׁוּת נְתוּנָה, וּבְטוֹב הָעוֹלָם נִדּוֹן. וְהַכֹּל לְפִי רֹב הַמַּעֲשֶׂה:
Everything is foreseen yet freedom of choice is granted, And the world is judged with goodness; And everything is in accordance with the preponderance of works.
