Korach - World of Belz

ברית מלח עולם היא לפני ה’ (קרח יח: יט)

It is an eternal saltlike covenant before Hashem… Salt enhances the taste of food, but too much food can ruin the taste too. The same is with the כהונה - priesthood - if you handle...Read more
כי נאצו האנשים האלה את ה’ (קרח טז: ל)

Then you should know that these men provoked Hashem. The acronym for the word כי נאצו האנשים האלה is הכהן - alluding to the fact that Korach and his followers requested the כהונה - priesthood...Read more
רב לכם בני לוי…(קרח טז:ז)

It is too much for you, offspring of Levi. Rashi comments “וקרח שפקח היה מה ראה לשטות זה”- Korach was a wise man; how could he have acted so foolishly? Why doesn’t Rashi talk about...Read more
ויקח קרח (קרח טז:א)

And Korach separated himself…(from the rest of Bnei Yisroel). The name “קרח” is the same letters as the word “רחק” - far - the pasuk tells us that by creating a fight against Moshe, Korach...Read more

פדה תפדה את בכור האדם (חקת יח: טו)

You shall surely redeem the firstborn of man… Harav Hachassid R’ Moshe HaKohen Gross z’l of Geneva, Switzerland, made his first trip to Eretz Yisroel for the occasion of the Belzer Rebbe shlita’s bris. However,...Read more
וישב אהרן אל משה אל פתח אהל מועד והמגפה נעצרה (קרח יז:טו)

Ahron returned to Moshe at the entrance of the Ohel Moed, and the plague had been checked. Short stories of Segulahs that helped cease plagues and heal illnesses: Harav Hachassid R’ Itcha Ausberg z’’l related...Read more
ומדוע תתנשאו על קהל ה’ (קרח טז:ג)

Why do you exalt yourself over the congregation of Hashem… It was the last Motzei Yom Kippur in Belz during WWII when a young chassid received a telegram from home commanding him to return immediately....Read more
ולא תשאו עליו חטא (קרח יח:לב)

You shall not bear a sin… The Shinover Rav zt’’l was honored to be ‘Mesadar Kedushin’ at a wedding in a foreign city. The Rav arrived in the town an hour before the chuppah. He...Read more

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