Korach EXTRA · 16:3–5 · #1

Parashas Korach · EXTRA side-ring from Korach-16-03-to-16-05-SKIP.html

EXTRA (side-ring) · Not a Torah Temimah citation · Entered from SKIP

Source

במדבר רבה י״ח / תנחומא קרח

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
״כִּי כָל הָעֵדָה כֻּלָּם קְדֹשִׁים וּבְתוֹכָם ה׳״ – אָמַר קֹרַח: כֻּלָּם שָׁמְעוּ בְּסִינַי ״אָנֹכִי ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ״; לָמָּה תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּ?

Type of Learning

Classical midrash (Bamidbar Rabbah / Tanchuma / Bavli) — depth beyond TT unit inventory.

What Is Learned

Korach’s claim: the whole people heard Sinai; why do Moshe and Aharon elevate themselves?