Korach (Sidra)

Korach ( Hebrew קֹרַח; named after the biblical figure Korach ) denotes a reading section (called Parascha or Sidra) of the Torah and comprises the text Numbers / Bemidbar 16–18 (16 BHS ; 17 BHS ; 18 BHS ).

It is the cider of the 4th or 5th Shabbat in the month of Siwan or the 1st Shabbat in the month of Tammuz .

Essential content

Korach, cousin of Moses and Aaron , as well as Datan , Abiram and On, son of Pelet, revolt against Moses and Aaron, accuse them of arrogance and arrogance and are therefore devoured by the earth.
The 250 insurgents who offered incense without being a priest are consumed by fire.
Because of the murmuring of the Israelites , a plague breaks out, which Aaron stopped with atonement (offering incense) after nearly 15,000 people had already died.
Aaron's staff bears flowers and produces almonds as a sign of his divine election.
In addition to the offerings of animal and food offerings, the priest also owns the firstfruits, ie the first offerings of oil, wine and grain, the firstborn of man and the unclean animals, which is released (cf. also Pidjon ha-Ben ).
The firstborn of the pure animals is sacrificed and eaten by the priests.
Levites receive the tithe (ma'asser) of oil, wine and grain and give the tithe themselves to the priests.

Haftara

The associated haftorah is 1 Sam 11.14 to 12.22 (11.14 to 15 BHS ; 12.1 to 22 BHS ).

literature

David Sander: KORACH . In: Jewish Lexicon . tape III . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927, Sp. 863 f .
Selig Bamberger (translator), Raschi's Pentateuch commentary , Goldschmidt, Basel, fourth edition 2002, pp. 453–461
Sidratext Bemidbar / Numbers 16-18, 32. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .
Haftatrtext 1 Sam 11.14-12.22. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .

Web links

Miriam von Nordheim-Diehl: Korach / Korachpsalmen. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
torah.org: Parshas Korach
CHABAD.ORG: Parasha Korach
haGalil: Parashath haShawu'a
Rabbi Dr. Simon Bernfeld: Jewish translation by Korach. In: talmud.de. talmud.de, May 6, 2020, accessed June 2, 2020 .
Alina Treiger : Korach - Against the Evil Eye. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, July 7, 2017, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Salomon Almekias-Siegl: Korach - hard work. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, July 15, 2016, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Irit Shillor: Korach - the people's will. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, June 14, 2013, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Elisa Klapheck: Korach - Democracy and Religious Responsibility. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, June 29, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 .

Individual evidence

↑ Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 149 (414 pp.).

[1] Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 149 (414 pp.).