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Why Did Korach Launch a Revolt? Too Many Reasons ...

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: June 21 2020

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Series: Fifteen Minute Parsha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava:

Mesorah, Middot

Parsha:

Korach

Personalities:

Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Parsha Burst

Description

Rashi asks two subtly different questions, and the Rav discovers therein exceptional nuance and profundity about retzon Hashem and the realities of human motivation. [See Rav Besdin's "Reflections of the Rav" vol. 1 chap. 13.]

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Why Did Korach Launch a Revolt? Too Many Reasons ...

Series: Fifteen Minute Parsha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava:

Mesorah, Middot

Parsha:

Korach

Personalities:

Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Parsha Burst

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Why Did Korach Launch a Revolt? Too Many Reasons ...

Series: Fifteen Minute Parsha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava: Mesorah, Middot Parsha: Korach Personalities: Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik

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Machshava:

Mesorah, Middot

Parsha:

Korach

Personalities:

Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik