Korach 16:01 · unit 1 — he took a bad bargain
Parashas Korach · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 1
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וַיִּקַּ֣ח קֹ֔רַח בֶּן־יִצְהָ֥ר בֶּן־קְהָ֖ת בֶּן־לֵוִ֑י וְדָתָ֨ן וַאֲבִירָ֜ם בְּנֵ֧י אֱלִיאָ֛ב וְא֥וֹן בֶּן־פֶּ֖לֶת בְּנֵ֥י רְאוּבֵֽן׃
And Korach the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehas, the son of Levi, took [himself], and Dasan and Aviram the sons of Eliav, and On the son of Peles, sons of Reuven.
Chabad.org — 16:1
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: Sanhedrin 109b — Resh Lakish: “and he took” means he took a bad bargain for himself.
Sefaria — Sanhedrin 109b
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
מַהוּ ״וַיִּקַּח״? אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: שֶׁלָּקַח מִקָּח רַע לְעַצְמוֹ.
English: What is “and he took”? Resh Lakish said: That he took a bad bargain for himself.
Type of Learning Language of taking applied to the start of the quarrel.
What Is Learned Korach spent wealth to buy partners for a dispute that destroyed him — a purchase of evil.
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