Shabbat

Portion Korach - Disputes versus Cookies

 Portion Korach - Disputes versus Cookies
 

It's the quintessential dispute...who will be the boss? 

 In  Parshat Korach

To quote Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach

Friends, it has to be clear to us that the whole story of Korach is mamesh the deepest depths. 

Korach is someone who never did anything wrong in his whole life.

Until …he fought Aron over the high priest position

What was the whole thing with Korach? Open your hearts to the deepest depths.

Everybody wants to be the holy of holiest, 

but maybe G-d doesn't want you to be the holy of holiest. 

Maybe G-d needs you to be less holy and serve him on that

 level. What do we know?

, Korach wanted to serve G-d but he mamesh wanted to be the holiest. 

Aaron was ready to serve G-d even if he was the lowest,

 and you know what? So therefore he was really the holiest

!!!…

You cannot be a high priest unless it doesn't matter to you who it is, 

only that is done! So only then it could be you.

Good Shabbos

And from 

Rabbi Goldscheider at the OU who 

had another take on the dispute between Korach and Aron,

'where he quoted the father of Rav Kook – the Chief Rabbi

 of Israel until his passing in 1935s 

-in the portion the dispute is resolved by almonds!

Rabbi Kook said, one type is sweet on the tree but bitter when you eat them

Some are bitter on the tree

But sweeterwhen you eat them

and so too disputes that look valid at first

but after a while you know it wasnt right to fight

!

so wednesday morning I gave 3 chocolate chip cookies to aN

 homeless fellow at 5AM on the way to the Jerusalem bus I take.

and listened to him for 2 minutes

and hopefully made his day a bit sweeter 

sometimes its that easy

Shabbat Shalom 

 

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz