Korach 16:33 · unit 2 — Korach’s portion

Parashas Korach · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 33

The Complete Passuk

וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּ הֵ֣ם וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָהֶ֛ם חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה …

And they and all that was theirs went down alive into the pit…

Chabad.org — 16:33

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Sanhedrin 110a — dispute whether Korach was among the swallowed, the burned, or both.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: קֹרַח לֹא מִן הַבְּלוּעִין וְלֹא מִן הַשְּׂרוּפִין הָיָה… בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנֵי: קֹרַח מִן הַשְּׂרוּפִין וּמִן הַבְּלוּעִין.

English: Rabbi Yochanan said: Korach was neither among the swallowed nor among the burned… In a baraisa it was taught: Korach was among the burned and among the swallowed.

Type of Learning

Fate of Korach himself.

What Is Learned

One view leaves him to see the punishment; the baraisa places him under both judgments.