Korach: Stay Out of It

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Hi, this is Double L Husky with the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes I try to bring you over a quick idea. I just realized that basically every time I say Parsha in 5, I go like this. And all I can say is it's a school to make sure that I don't lose any of my fingers. Otherwise, it'll be like, "Hi, Parsha in 4." >> [laughter] >> That Parsha in 5. Anyway, Parsha in 5. All right, Korach. Yeah. Korach inspired that song, "I feel Yeah. Korach inspired that song, "I feel the earth move under my feet." Yeah. Well, Parsha begins by introducing our cast of characters. Korach, who we know very well, yeah, the seminal character in Jewish history, Dathan and Abiram, who are always showing up, yeah, the uh the two sidekicks in every story until this point, you know, that uh the Lenny and Squiggy, if you're if uh the Lenny and Squiggy, if you're if you go back that far, yeah. Everyone always has these two uh these two sidekicks. Uh right, Dathan and Abiram, they're always there. Nesi'im of Klal Yisrael, and On ben Peleth. On ben Peleth, who you never heard of before, and you'll never hear about again. And we describe why everybody's in this. Korach is involved in this rebellion because he feels that Moshe is trying to

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Double L Husky with the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes I…
2. 0:31Yeah. Korach inspired that song, "I feel the earth move under my feet." Yeah. Well, Parsha…
3. 1:02uh the Lenny and Squiggy, if you're if you go back that far, yeah. Everyone always…
4. 1:33because he feels that Moshe is trying to strip his ability to give to Klal Yisrael.…
5. 2:37The one who at Har Sinai everybody died except for him. The one who has rays…
6. 3:08reason. Other than the fact that he thought he was right. And he was saved by…
7. 3:40a nobody cuz you're a nobody. Walk away. And in a moment of recognition he said…
8. 4:41out of the way. Cuz any way you work it is you're going to get crushed.…
9. 5:13to review who sent it out. And suddenly, I got caught into this machlokes. You know?…
10. 5:43to get involved, and thought I had too quiet a life until that point, you know?…

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