Korach 16:01 · unit 3 — Dasan and Aviram
Parashas Korach · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 1
The Complete Passuk
… וְדָתָ֨ן וַאֲבִירָ֜ם בְּנֵ֧י אֱלִיאָ֛ב …
…and Dasan and Aviram the sons of Eliav…
Chabad.org — 16:1
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: Resh Lakish — Dasan transgressed the religion of God; Aviram strengthened himself against repentance.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
דָּתָן — שֶׁעָבַר עַל דַּת אֵל; אֲבִירָם — שֶׁאִבֵּר עַצְמוֹ מֵעֲשׂוֹת תְּשׁוּבָה.
English: Dasan — that he transgressed the religion of God; Aviram — that he strengthened himself from doing teshuvah.
Type of Learning
Character of the Reuvenite partners.
What Is Learned
The two neighbors of Korach are named for the nature of their resistance.