Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan - Parashat Korach

good evening today we are learning we are using the art scroll hamash we're on page eight 21. and um the stove the events of last week's parsia this week's Parsha and the next week's parsia are happening in the desert the Jewish people are uh traveling however what's happening um this week is a continuation with direct continuation and outcome of what happened last week last week Jewish people sent spies and the spies failed 10 of them brought back a bad report and the Jewish people believed and Hashem decreed that because they complained and they didn't have trust in God there will be um uh whatever they were afraid of that is what is going to happen to them and what were they afraid of that they will not be able to conquer the land that they will die in a desert and and God said exactly what you were were afraid of that's what's going to happen to you and he decreed that all the people between ages 20 to 60 who are people that had to be in the army had to conquer the land since they did not have courage and they did not have trust in Hashem they lost married to to come into the land and so they had to die but Hashem was merciful and he said they're not going to die right now I'm going to give them 40 years to die now you can look at it that the 40 years in the desert was a punishment but this way of looking at it it was Mercy instead of saying you don't deserve you're gonna die and the rest of the nation is going to go those that are younger than 20 those that are older than 20 and the women then all the men 600 000 men between 20 and 60 would die in one day Hashem said no I will be merciful to you and I will wait for for each man to reach the age of 60 years old and um therefore those that are young I will give them more time and that's how it happened that every year those that reached their age of 60 would die that year and everyone else had more time to live so even when Hashem sends a punishment he does it in a merciful way similarly we saw that um in a parashatra two weeks ago when Jewish people complained that they don't like man and they want meat Hashem sent them meet he sent them slav Birds And even though they ate and they died from it but the way Hashem sent them was merciful first of all he sent them very delicious meat second of all they didn't have to um hunt it the birds were flying at elbow length elbow height therefore the Jewish people didn't have to bend down they didn't have to jump all they had to do was just open their hand and uh and the slav the quail would just go straight into the hand so even though the the slav the quail was sent as a punishment but Hashem did it in a pleasant a merciful way so here also the Jewish people here the decree that they will have to spend another 40 years in the desert not only that all their able-bodied men will die and they understandably are upset majority of the nation accepts the decree but there are some who Rebel and they say we're going now we're going to the land of Israel we're going to conquer it now and Moshe said don't go and they didn't listen they went and they were killed and what's going on in this week's Parsha is an outcome of that the Jewish people are disappointed they are giving up and they um wish to change the the the the decree and they say what can we do and korach comes along who was a great man and Kodak said you know what we're in in trouble we're in difficult we are in very difficult situation we have to stay in the desert for so many years who knows what's going to be what are the trouble awaits us we see that Moshe is not doing a good job he was supposed to bring us into the land and he didn't not only that he got delayed on the mountain we did golden calf because of him and furthermore he sent the spies and it was unsuccessful and now we have to stay in the desert another 40 years maybe I should be the new leader Maybe I can move things along faster with Moshe it's not going anywhere so korach was a great man and he cared about the Jewish people and he said you know I feel bad for them maybe if I will become a leader and I make some reforms maybe we will save some men and maybe we will cut the time or for a 40 year degree short so he came up to Moshe and he said motion maybe I should be the leader and Moshe said [Music] um I didn't choose to be the leader God appointed me if you want ask God and if you want you know we can actually we actually can do service in front of God and whoever he chooses that will be a sign that's the person who is supposed to be a leader now that's briefly what happened and then through the through the test it was pointed out that Moshe should be the leader of the people and aharon should be the kohen gadol and uh whoever rebelled against Moshe whoever stood up died now let's see this inside we're on page 2 8 21 chapter 16 rebellion of korach in the wilderness against Moshe and Aaron Korah separated himself together with data naviram and on as well so korach and three more men on they separated themselves they separated themselves from the community they decided not to be followers not to just sit and wait for things to happen on their own they separated themselves seemingly to take action to help the Jews to improve the situation but they chose a wrong method verse 2 they stood before Moshe and they also got 250 men from the children of Israel leaders of the assembly men of renown so these four men on gathered 250 more men who like them were disappointed and like them were powerful men were men of who who had leadership abilities they were leaders of the assembly and they gathered together against motion against Aaron and said to them it is too much for you which means you are taking too much power control for yourself motion you are the king Arun you are the kongador why two brothers it's too much for you for the entire assembly all of them are holy and Hashem is among them why do you exalt yourself over the congregation of Hashem what they proposed was democracy let's see who the people like everyone is Holy everyone can do the job and therefore everyone can vote look I have 250 leaders 250 men from the knesset that support me from the Congress that support me I have their signatures people want me Kodak said Moshe heard and fell on his face which is a an expression of prayer he fell on his face on the ground and was praying to God because Moshe understood that the Jewish Nation isn't in grave Danger the Torah gives a king special rights because the the Torah recognizes that it is better to have a not such a good King than no King at all and therefore the Torah says if anyone Rebels against the king the King has the right to prosecute him execute him persecute him without beading without Sanhedrin without Court without a trial the King has the right to judge anyone and he has the right to give anyone a punishment that he decides does not have to be prescribed by Torah why because the Torah recognizes that if there is a rebelling against the king and the nation is split the nation might cease to exist when there is a rebellion the nation is very weak and not only there is anarchy within the country but the neighboring countries the enemies might use the opportunity that the king doesn't have loyal supporters and the enemies might attack the country during the Civil War and then the entire country will be wiped out so the Torah says the king has the right to quell the Rebellion to kill all those that rise against him that's how serious a rebellion is because it can actually cause destruction of the nation again it's better to have a bad government than not to have a government at all and even in the United States in the 21st century we witness it that when the government is weak when it does not function like the government when the government's hands are tied people do whatever they want as the Percival says each man will swallow his fellow alive there's looting rubbing murder rape everyone is doing whatever they want in broad daylight crowds are walking and doing whatever they want so we say it's even if people are upset about the king it's better to have a bad King than to have Anarchy to have Rebellion to have Civil War so Moshe realizes how dangerous it is that korach is rebelling against him the nation might split and instead of 12 tribes you might now have only six tribes on each side and if there is a civil war very little might be left of the nation and not only that if God is upset at the people for going against God appointed King and prophet a plague might result and many people might might die or even worse Moshe already knows that when God is upset at people he wants to wipe out the whole nation and make a new nation promotion so Moshe knows that this Rebellion can cause death of the entire Jewish people and he doesn't know what to do because it's a challenge to his legitimacy so if Moshe claims no no I am a true leader who is going to believe him of course he's going to say that what can Moshe possibly say to defend himself he is biased people will say of course he's fighting for power that's why he is protecting himself his office so Moshe has no choice he has to leave it up to God so he falls on his face and he prays and asks Hashem for help then he Rises up and he speaks to korach in verse 5 into his entire assembly saying in the morning Hashem will make known the one who is who is his his own and the Holy One and He will draw him close to himself and whomever he will choose He will draw close to himself now whether Marshall thought of it himself or during his communication with God when Moshe was on his face on the ground he received prophecy of what to say and he said in verse 6 do this take for yourselves fire pants Moshe said we're going to make a test in the morning we will do service to God we will bring an offering take five pans korak and his entire assembly 250 people and put fire in them which means calls in those pants and place incense spices upon them before Hashem tomorrow and the man whom Hashem will choose he is the Holy One just like kind and Hazel both brought the offering and Hashem chose the offering of Heaven just like later in time will make the same challenge to the idol worshipers of Baal let's bring an offering to Hashem I will bring a cow you bring a cow whichever offering will be accepted by God that's the true service of Hashem and in times of Elio the offering of eliao was consumed in Heavenly Fire and the whole nation of the Jewish people saw themselves without Elio convincing them with words that Hashem favors and that Hashem is the true God so Moshe is doing the same thing you claim that the entire nation is worthy and you want to make democracy that people should choose their next leader and I'm telling you that it's up to God so let's do the test will God choose aharon and me or he'll change his mind or perhaps he'll say decide on your own let's see tomorrow it is too much for you or offspring of Levy he's speaking to Cora who is Levy and he's telling him you know you should be happy with what you have the rest of the Jew Jewish people are Israelites you are a levite why are you jealous of kohanim you already are special and you want priesthood now he explains himself Moshe said to Quran here now or offspring of Levy is it not enough for you that God of Israel has segregated you from the Assembly of Israel to draw you nearer to himself to perform the service of the Tabernacle of Hashem and to stand before the assembly to minister them to them he's saying you are Levites you can come to the temple and you can serve and he drew you near and all your brethren Brethren your The Offspring of Levy with you and yet you seek priesthood as well therefore you and your entire assembly that are joining together are against Hashem and as for our own what is he that you protest against him he didn't choose it himself in fact he didn't want we had to push him to accept to be a Cohen at this point only Korra had the 250 men were in front of Moshe verse 12 says where were the Tana naviraman on Moshe sent forth to summon but they said we shall not go up we're not going to you to meet you such a hotspot they they exhibited a king is calling you for a meeting and they say no we're not coming not only that they're sending a challenge to motion said is it not enough that you Moshe have brought us up from the land flowing with milk and honey Egypt they call land flowing with milk and honey to cause us to die in the wilderness because now the decree of death is in in force and they say Moshe you promise to bring us to a good land and instead you brought us to die yet you seek to dominate us and even dominate us further moreover you did not bring us to a land flowing with milk and honey nor give us a Heritage of field and Vineyard you didn't keep your promise and therefore even if you would gouge out the eyes of those men we shall not go up which means even if you blind us we're not coming to you we are on page 825 verse 15. Moshe asks Hashem not to accept their Bank of kitore this distressed Moshe greatly and he said to Hashem do not turn to their gift offering in motion defends himself in front of Hashem I have not taken even a single donkey over theirs nor have I wronged even one of them I did not charge you know for my services unlike all other countries where the the sir the subjects support the king the king doesn't have to spend his own money to run the country Marshall says by us it's not like that I did not charge them I did not take taxes I did not uh collect any of their or confiscate any of their property I volunteered and I used my resources for my needs and I have not wronged even one of them I did not mistreat any Jew now Moshe again tells Cora verse 17 Let each man take his firepan and you shall Place incense on them and you shall bring before Hashem each man with his firepan 250 fire pans and you and Aaron each man with his fire pants so 250 men plus quarter plus Aaron together to 252 offerings of kittore now we know that qatarity is a very special offering and very powerful one and only the Cohen one Cohen a Time can bring it we also know that because of kitored two sons of Aaron died they brought ketoret without waiting for the instruction of Moshe they took initiative and because they brought kitoredo was not needed they both died while performing the service a fire came entered their nostrils burnt up their soul and they dropped dead that means that in this test also only one of the men is the true kohen and only one of the men will survive so you have here 252 men and they are all vying for the same position and they know that the chances are the 251 of them are going to die tomorrow only one of them will survive and yet they all accept this challenge that's how unreasonable they were even if they are upset at motion and aharon but what will they gain they have only one chance out of 252 that they are right how do they know if they're right God didn't speak to them there's always a chance that what Aaron says that God appointed him is true they didn't hear it so they're taking such such a as a great risk so that that shows us that the power of yet sarara is very great the yetzerara can take the smallest chance and it can convince you that it's worth it to do it you have a very small chance of survival but yet will tell you don't worry nothing is going to happen to you you are above time you are Immortal death will not come to you everyone will die but not you and that's exactly what they do Verse 18 the next morning is brought in front of the entire nation so they took each man his firepan and they placed fire calls on them and put incense on them and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moshe and Aaron Kodak gathered the entire assembly to the entrance of the tent of meaning wanted to make it very public himself was convinced that he is right I'll say just say why was he so convinced because he had ruhakodesh he had some form of Prophecy that he saw that he's going to have great descendants and he thought that since his lineage will continue must be he will survive and he didn't realize that the lineage will continue from his existing Sons that he will die but his sons Will Survive and uh even though he doesn't deserve it but his sons will repent they will do to Shiva and they will marry it to have descendants who are great leaders of the Jewish people the prophet came from korach now the glory of Hashem appeared to the entire assembly verse 20. Hashem wants to destroy the nation what what Moshe was afraid of is happening Hashem spoke to motion Aaron saying separate yourselves from amid this assembly and I shall destroy them in an instant Moshe and aharon fell on their faces and said oh God god of the spirits of All Flesh shall one man sin and you be angry with it entire assembly so again Moshe is trying to defend the Jewish people it's not their fault don't kill them it's korach's fault so Hashem said to Moshe okay get yourselves up from All Around The Dwelling Places of course separate the entire nation from near the tense of the leaders of the assembly correct because I will follow your advice I will not destroy the entire nation I will only remove the sinners from my midst so Moshe stood up and went to datane and the Elders of Israel followed him and he spoke to the entire assembly saying turn away now from near the tents of these wicked men and do not touch anything of theirs lest you perish because of their sins so people separated themselves themselves from the tense of now we turn to page 827 and data naviram went out erect at the entrance of the tents they were not afraid they stood straight up as if challenging motion together with their wives children and infants and now Moshe makes the Declaration to prove that whatever is going to happen now is not he's doing he's not punishing it's all from Hashem the Hashem sent Moshe and appointed him as a king Moshe said through this shall you know that Hashem sent me to perform all these acts that it was not from my heart if these men die like the death of all men which means any form of death that we have witnessed so far and the destiny of all men is visited upon them then it is not Hashem who has sent me but if Hashem will create a new phenomenon and the Earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that is theirs and they will descend our life to the pit then you shall know that these men have provoked Hashem that's the test a great test how does Moshe know that they will die and how does he know that they will die unusual death and exactly which debt and that's the power of a prophet he knows exactly what's going to be verse 31 when he finished speaking all these words the ground that was under them split open [Music] the Earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households and all the people who were with korach and the entire wealth they and all there was theirs descended alive to the pit and the earth covered them over and they were lost from among the congregation they just disappeared the Earth opened its mouth they fell in and it closed by the way probably Everyone by now saw the the images and videos of what happened this week in Israel that the ground did almost exactly the same the ground opened its mouth and swallowed whatever was there unlike here it didn't close that is an extra miracle but everything there was in that place fell in and was destroyed verse 34 all Israel there was around then fled to add the sound for they said lest the Earth swallow us now that's what happened to the family of korachiram and their families what happened to the 250 men who were bringing kitoret verse 35 tells us what happened to them a flame came forth from Hashem and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense so in addition to The Three Families dying korach and let's assume that the three families all together comprised of 50 people their wives and their children and perhaps servants whoever was with them the friends plus 250 people that brought the ketora so that's already 300 people dead because of korak's rebellion now a question is asked what happened to korach himself we know that korach was one of the people bringing the ketoret the spice the incense but it doesn't say that he died it says only 250 50 people who brought ketora died doesn't mention what happened to Korra what about earth swallowing it only says that the Tana naviram went out erect at the tent at the entrance of the tents doesn't say that korach went out it says that korak's family died in the town of Iran and their families but doesn't say the Quran was swallowed so there is a a disagreement between commentators what happened to korach he's not among the burnt and he is not the among the swallowed so there are various opinions some say he was burnt some say he offered the the the incense but he didn't die he then ran happy that he didn't die thinking that he is chosen he ran to datane veram and that's what gave up the Tana naviram strength to come out defiantly against Moshe and Aaron and then he was swallowed together with the Tana naviram so again one opinion says he was burnt one opinion says that he was swallowed another opinion says he was not burned and he survived the swallowing as well instead he died in a plague that is about to happen on the next page we're going to read about the plague so the third opinion says that he died in the plague the fourth opinion says that he experienced both the burning of his nishama and swallowing of his body that first he was burnt and he died and then later when the earth swallowed its mouth he rolled into the mouth of the earth and was swallowed as well together with the talent of Iran and their families so these are four opinions of what happened to Korra now we go to chapter 17. what happens to the fire pans that the 250 men use to bring kittore we know that when something is used in the service of Hashem it becomes holy now can no longer use it for uh mundane non-holy activity but at the same time they were used by by rebels to anger Hashem so what should you do Hashem said to Marshall say to Allah and let him pick up the fire pants from amid the fire they should throw away the flame the calls for they have become holy the fire pans became holy you uh pour out the calls because calls fulfilled their mission and they're no longer holy as for the fire pans of these Sinners against their souls they shall make them hammered out sheets now on page 829 they're copper so melt them make thin sheets of copper as a covering for the altar so the altar now became a copper altar it was covered with copper for they offered them before Hashem so they became holy since they used these five pens in the service of Hashem now they have to be used in the mishkan they shall be for assigned to the children of Israel verse 5 explain to us explains to us what kind of a sign as a reminder to the children of Israel so that no alien who is not of The Offspring of Aaron shall draw near to bring up the smoke of incense before Hashem so here Hashem chooses aharon's second time and says only children of Aaron are allowed to serve in betamic dash anyone else who approaches will be killed and for that purpose use the fire pans that were used by people who were not um kohanim but they nevertheless claimed this position and they were died so when people see the copper altar they will be reminded that the service of Hashem belongs only to the tribe of Levites and specifically the kohanim now verse 6 the Jewish people accused Moshe and Aron they just saw a miracle great miracle and again they are complaining the entire assembly of children of Israel complained the next day against motion Aaron saying you have killed the people of Hashem they say Moshe it's your fault instead of blaming they blame emotion instead of blaming the criminal they're blaming the judges and the police let's defund the police Moshe it's your fault and it was when the assembly gathered against motion Aaron imagine there now willing to fight motion Aaron and to kill them and they turn to the tent of meeting and behold the cloud of the cloud had covered it and the glory of Hashem appeared Hashem came again to protect motion Aaron from the people who wanted to kill them why because rebelled against mosh and they were punished people are upset they blame Moshe for it now verse 9 Hashem again wants to destroy the Jewish people by a plague Hashem spoke to Moses saying remove yourselves from among this assembly and I shall destroy them in an instant and again motion Island fell on their faces and again they're praying and most she teaches out on how to stop the plague take the fire pen and put on it fire from upon the Altar and place incense and take it quickly to the assembly and provide atonement for them for the fury has gone out from the preservation Hashem the plague has begun motion Aaron saw that people started dying in large numbers I know the way to stop the plague because all the Angels gave Moshe gifts and even the angel of death gave Moshe a gift he taught him that if there is a plague the way to stop it is by burning incense next to people and that will stop the plague and that's what Aaron did Aaron took as Moshe had spoken and ran to the midst of the congregation and behold the plague had begun among the people he plays the instance and provided atonement for the people he stood between the dead and the living wherever he would go the plague plague would stop and the plague was checked those who died in the plague were 14 700 people aside from those that died because of the affair of Korra as we made the calculation 300 people died previously and now another 14 700 together it's 15 000 people that died because of korak's rebellion now as a further proof of Aaron's greatness Hashem speaks to Moshe verse 16. speak to the children of Israel and take from them one staff for each father's household we're on page 831 we're going to prove that Aaron is the chosen one through the test of staffs the sticks take one step for each tribe and each man's name shall you inscribe on his staff and the name of Aaron shall you inscribe on the staff of Levy verse 19 you shall lay them in the tent of meeting before Hashem where I meet with you and it shall be that the man whom I shall choose his staff will Blossom a dry stick a dry walking stick will Blossom thus shall I cause to subside from upon me the complaints of the children of Israel so that's what they did on the next day verse 23 Moshe came to the tenth of the testimony testimony and behold the staff of aharon of the House of Levy had blossomed out of 12 staffs it was only the staff of Aaron the blossomed how do they blossom it brought brought forth a blossom Sprout to the bud and almonds ripened branches leaves flowers Buds and almonds all in one night Marshall brought out the staffs from before Hashem to all the children of Israel verse 15. Hashem said to Moshe bring back the staff of Aaron before the testimony as a safe keeping as a sign for the rebellious ones so Hashem says to Moshe keep the staff in the Tabernacle so that if there's ever a rebellion again you will bring out that dry stick and even years later it will still have green leaves flowers and almonds that will be a reminder for the people that they should no longer rebel against priesthood now verse 27 27. people still Express Their Fear of mishkan the children of Israel said to Marshall saying behold we perish we are lost we are all lost everyone who approaches closer to the Tabernacle of Hashem will die will we ever stop perishing Every Time We complain every time we do something wrong we die what's going to be so dangerous to live in close proximity to the Tabernacle now we go to page 833 chapters 18 and here Hashem says don't worry Jewish people you're not going to die because will be appointed to protect the mishkan the Tabernacle and not let anyone who is not supposed to be there come if they're not there you might not notice the boundary and you might enter by accident and the the death penalty but there must be a constant guarding of the Temple so that if anyone wants to come in he will be reminded are you a Cohen are you a levy did you go to the maker are you pure to protect the people this is an example of fences that are put for people's sake to protect them from dangerous places now Hashem said to Aaron you your sons and your father's household will bear the iniquity of the sanctuary and of the priesthood verse 2 also your brethren the tribe of Levy shall draw near with you and will join you and minister with you now they shall safeguard your charge and the charge of the entire tent which means they have to protect the Tabernacle and its utensils verse 4 explains they shall be joined to you and Safeguard the charge of the tent of meeting and an alien who is not a Cohen shall not approach you so Hashem removed the responsibility from the Jewish people and put it on kohanimal and livim are responsible for protecting the Jewish people that they should not by accident come into the temple unprepared now because the kohanim and levim are designated to be Servants of Hashem in the mishkan they will now be busy with it and they will not be able to cultivate their land to do business so Hashem says because they become public servants the Jewish people will have to give them gifts through which kohanim and living will survive and this introduces us to the new topic gifts of the kohanim and there are 24 gifts the kohanim receive additionally there are some gifts that Levine receive verse 9. this shall be yours from the most holy from the fire and their every offering which means every time Jewish people offer salame peace offering they have to give part of it every meal offering whenever Jewish people offer minha part of it and everything offering Qatar every time Jewish people offer they give part of it to kohanim to eat every guilt offering which means Hashem every time Jewish people offer a shop they give part of it to kohanim and that which they returned to me which refers to Genesis this means how we spoke about previously that if someone steals from a convert he has to return the stolen property what if in the meantime the convert dies so there's no one to return it to because the convert doesn't have relatives so then you have to bring this stolen property to the temple and it becomes the property of kohanim now we turn to page 8 35 um in verse 12. it says all the best of your oil and the best of your wine and grain that refers to tiruma the Jewish people are supposed to separate a small portion from their Harvest of Olives oil grapes wine and grain so according to Torah you separate to Roma and give it to kohen for three uh kinds of things olives grapes and wheat barley oats spelled rye and and and and and so on that's number six then their first which refers to bikuri of the first fruits which they give to Hashem to you have a given them and in verse 13 on page 835 the first fruits that's the continuation their the first fruits that the bikurim and then the verse 14 every segregated property in Israel shall be yours that number eight and that is what we call certain property that was donated to the temple specifically for kohanim in verse 15 the ninth gift of kohanim every first issue of a womb and that is of animals and number 10 you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man that's pityona Ben when people have a first born baby boy we have to redeem him from him the five silver shekels go to kohen as a gift for his service in the temple and number 11 is the first the firstborn of the impure Beast shall be shall you redeem which means um if a Jew has a baby boy donkey born in his flock and it's a firstborn he has to exchange that baby for a sheep and give the Sheep to the kohen again this is gift number 11 for kohanim and on the next page in verse 26 towards the end it's it it tells us the 12th gift you shall raise up from it a gift to Hashem a tithe from a tithe which means when we give Master to leave him 10 that's the gift for living the living are supposed to separate from it another 10 percent which means 10 from 10 is one percent of the total and they give it to kohanim so um so far we listed 12 Gifts of kohanim and there are uh another 12 that are in in other partiot and I'll briefly list them number 13 is khala every time we make uh dough minimum amount but some say a little bit more than three pounds some say five pounds you're supposed to separate a roll from it and give it to Cohen you can bake it and give it a coin or you can give it to Cohen and he will bake it himself number 14 is rishita guess every time you have five or more sheep that you cut their wool you share them you're supposed to give part of that first rule to kohen every time number 15 every time a Jewish person Slaughters and and animal a kosher animal he has to share with Cohen he has to give him the front leg um the jaw together with the tongue and the stomach the number 16 is that sometimes a field can be donated and under certain circumstances it will go to kohanim uh 17 is a bird sin offering eight which also goes to Cohen 18 is ashantalui um some of some I'm not going to go in detail the question is do kohanim also need to separate all these things sometimes in some cases kohanim also have to separate it for example when they make do kohen the wife of Cohen also has to separate khala but they are allowed to eat it not in our times now now in our days we burn or dispose of Hawa because we are impure and kohanima impure and Khali is there for impure but originally the kohani were supposed to separate Hal and they were supposed to separate many things but then they can keep it for themselves but separate they must sometimes they don't have to separate for example if Cohen has a baby boy first born he doesn't have to redeem him because he himself is a Cohen um so again number 18 is ashantalui and asham offering guilt offering in case of doubt doubtful SIN number 19 when you have a met Surah and he brings offerings he brings along also some oil and that goes to kohanim uh we baked two loaves of bread and kohanim eat it 21 is every week 12 loaves of bread are are baked in in the betamic dash and they stay on the golden table for a week and then the next Shabbat kuanim eat it 22 is minhata Omer on the second day of pesach we bring a special offering of minha and it's called Omer and kohanim get it and number 23 El Nazir when Nazir brings his korbanod he also brings a a ram and kohanim get part of their Ram as well and number 24 the 24th gift to kohanim is that whenever Jewish people bring offerings in the temple the hide the skin of the animal goes to kohanim now we go back to page 835 and verse 20. because kohanima serving in the temple they will not have time to work the land instead their paranasa is from the Jewish people the gifts the 24 gifts in their land they shall have no heritage and a share shall you not have among them which means even if the Jewish people go to war and they win and they have Spoils of War kohanim don't get a share in that I am your Shir and your heritage among the children of Israel which means because you serve in the temple I will provide for you to and now verse 21 what are the gifts to live in to the sons of Lady behold I have given every tithe tithe means ten percent in Israel as a Heritage in exchange for the service that they perform now we go to page 837 an eternal degree for your generations and among the children of Israel they shall not inherit a Heritage Levites also don't receive land among the Jewish people and then in verse 26 we learn about the 10 that Levites have to separate from what they receive from the Jewish people to the Levites shall you speak and you shall say to them when you accept from the children of Israel the tithe the 10 percent that I have given you from them as your heritage you shall raise up from it a gift to Hashem a tithe from a tithesis 10 of 10 which means one percent of the total Harvest goes to kohen but it doesn't go from the Jewish people the Jewish people give 10 to to Levi and Lizzy takes 10th of what he received and gives it to kohen now we go to verse 30. and it explains what happens to the remainder of Master of the Jew of the Levites the nine percent that they keep is it holy or not you shall say to them when you have raised up its best from it which means you separated one percent or the ten percent of what you got and you gave it to kohen it should be considered for the Levites like the produce of the threshing floor and the produce of the vat which means the remaining nine percent that the Levites have is what's called holin consecrated food it has no Holiness and therefore the levite can eat it whether he is pure or impure the levite can even sell it and Israelite can eat the master of Livi after Levy separated the the ten percent for kohen whereas the gifts for kohanim cannot be transferred the gifts of kohanim keep their Holiness for example when we give teruma to kohen it has Holiness or we give Hala to kohen it has holiness have to be eaten when they are pure and when the kohanim are pure be and they cannot be shared with Israelites whereas MAA Ser of the levite can and verse 31 explains further you may eat it anywhere everywhere you and your household for it is a wage for you in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting now by the way from here we learn that those that serve the community the community is supposed to support them that only makes sense and therefore for example you may have rabbis or people who learn Torah full time in order to become leaders in order to become judges in order to guide the Jewish people it is a responsibility for the entire Jewish people to raise funds and support them and verse 32 finishes this Parsha you shall not bear a sin because of it when you raise up its best from it which means you should separate your 10 from your master in order to give to kohen properly because if you do not it will be your responsibility you will bear a sin and the sanctities of the children of Israel you shall not desecrate so that you shall not die and that means that both kohanim and levim they have to treat all the offerings that the Jewish people bring the kohenima leave him have to treat them properly the kohanim have to offer the offerings in the mishkan or the temple they have to do it with proper intention if a Cohen has a wrong thought while he is bringing the offering the offering will be invalid and it will not count for the Jew and the Quran will owe the Jew money for the Lost offering and so too with the living what they receive from the Jewish people they have to treat it properly the Cohen has to eat it in Purity and Livi has to separate the the ten percent to give to kohen it's serious business they are public servants and whatever they receive the the money of the Jewish people that they receive they cannot treat it lightly this concludes parashat korach and uh Hashem we should respect our leaders we should support them we should not behave like korach and his assembly and through the trust in our leaders what's called we will Merit the Final Redemption just like in the story of Purim the Jewish people when they finally trusted Mordechai that's when they were redeemed when Jewish people go against their leaders if they make fun of their leaders if they don't trust their leaders then they suffer Shalom so maybe we all treat our leaders with respect due to them and trust them whatever they say we should trust them with our full heart and then we will marry to see mashiachat Hashem soon and the rebuilding of the betamic dash shabbat shalom and stuff