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Following the episode of Korach, Hashem wanted to a chance. But the truth is that such an honour with all its Something make an everlasting reminder that Aharon is the chosen responsibilities only comes after years of hard work of self A small glimpse is revealed to us .עבודת ה’ Kohen and no-one should even consider questioning this. perfection and And” ,“וראך ושמח בלבו” )שמות ד’-י”ד( He told Moshe to instruct all the tribes to hand in a in Rashi on the pasuk staff inscribed upon it the name of its Nasi, with the staff he [Aharon] will see you [Moshe] and he will be happy in of Shevet Levi having Aharon’s name written on it. They his heart“, that because Aharon was truly happy with his ,כלל ישראל younger brothers appointment as the leader of “והיה האיש .should all be placed overnight in the Mishkan .And the man that did he merit to carry the holy breastplate on his heart, i.e” ,אשר אבחר בו, מטהו יפרח” )פרק י”ז פסוק כ’( I have chosen, his staff will blossom”. The test was carried to become the Kohen Gadol. Korach’s misconception is means “קרח בן יצהר” ,יצהר actually alluded to in his name “ויהי ממחרת ויבוא משה אל האהל העדות והנה פרח מטה אהרן ,out And it was the next oil, which characteristically floats to the top, so too Korach big” ,לבית לוי, ויוצא פרח ויצץ ציץ ויגמול שקדים” day and Moshe entered the Mishkan and behold the staff of thought he could just naturally be at the top without any Aharon of the house of Levi had blossomed, and it brought prior input, where the opposite is the truth, you have to start is happening out blossoms it produced buds and it bore almonds“. Rashi at the bottom and work your way up to the top. This was explains the reason why almonds was the fruit chosen to the message of the blossoms and the buds. It’s not just the prove the true rights of Aharon to the Kehuna, is because end product of the almonds that signifies the specialness but we almonds are the fastest developing fruits, signifying that of the Kehuna, but it is the developing process – the the punishment becoming someone who questions the blossoming and the budding, that brings the final product- Kehuna will not be long in coming. the Kehuna Gedola. will need Two points can be raised. 1( If the message was clearly We can all take a message from this. We see our great presented through the appearance of the almonds, why Rabbonim and leaders and we envy their lofty achievements. your help! was it necessary for there also to be blossoms and buds, We have to know that we are on the same ladder as they are. when Hashem is describing to Moshe the They may be on the higher rungs but they started out at the ’פסוק כ in )2 his staff bottom. As long as we are on the ladder, no matter how low“ ”מטהו יפרח” future outcome of the test it writes will blossom” which implies a specific additional message down we may be, with our aspirations to grow higher, we SEDRASEDRA SUMMARY to climb in כוחות in the blossoms besides for the above mentioned message can emulate them and use our time and Â Korach’s rebellion and we will be pleasantly surprised how high עבודת ה’ of the almonds. our we can actually go! Â The land swallows them up The Ne’os Deshe (Nitra Rov) explains that Korach’s Â The Staff of Aharon flowered mistake lay in his understanding how the Kehuna works. Â xx Â Reaffirmation of the status of He thought that it should go on a rotational basis. Aharon Rabbi Krausz can be contacted at: Kohanim and Leviim has had his turn, now it was time for someone else to have [email protected] Yerushalayim, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Baltimore, Beit- Shemesh, Birmingham, Borehamwood, Budapest, Cancun, Detroit, Edgware, Elstree, Gateshead, Gibraltar, NOW IN THE Glasgow, Hale, Henderson, Hong Kong, Ilford, Johannesburg, Lakewood, Larnaca, Las Vegas, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Miami, FOLLOWING PLACES Milan, New York, Oslo, Paris, Petach Tikva, Philadelphia, Radlett, Ruislip, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Southend, Tallinn, Tarzana, Toronto, Uman, Vienna, Zurich Chazan 2 Michael Simon Author of Mimini Michoel, weekly email on the Torah & Mo'adim Parshah PORRIDGE OR MUESLI – IT MATTERS NOT I have a confession. I was a little stuck for an introduction to this d’var Torah. I was pondering this on my train journey into work when, bechasdei Hashem, it was served up to me on a plate; well, in an unassuming, plastic storage container, replete with airtight lid. For amongst the usual travelling menagerie of phone-messagers, music-listeners, electronic book-gazers and the token chap who still insists on the puch (texture) of a physical newspaper, my eye alighted upon a young lady, who without a smidgen of self-consciousness removed the lid of said storage container, produced a metal spoon from her pocket and proceeded to eat her breakfast. It goes without saying that propriety prevented me from looking too closely or for too long at the exact contents of the receptacle, but it was unquestionably a breakfast-like substance. And it made me think. It made me think just how differently people prepare for their individual day ahead. Asked to ascribe a theme to this week’s ruit were present concurrently. The Gemara find himself claiming Job Seeker’s Allowance parshah, I hazard that few would suggest in Maseches Yuma [52] records that this staff (or such iteration of said benefit as shall ’preparation’. Parshas Korach is dominated was concealed for Eternity, together with its from time to time be renamed by successive by the lamentable incident of Korach et flowers and almonds. governments for no discernible reason(. The al, contesting Moshe’s leadership and the Why did Hashem cause the miracle to occur effort; the time invested; the good intentions; legitimate rights of Aharon and his sons to be in this way? It is not as if the sprouting of the all of the preparations are for nought if one the Kohanim. [Korach’s actual complaint is almond blossom alone, whether or not the fruit does not achieve a measurable result. We rather more complex, but has been précised for developed later, would have been insufficiently say as much in the Hadran at a siyum - onu ameilim u’mekablim sechar, veheim ameilim reasons of space.] The parshah also describes miraculous to demonstrate Hashem’s clear ve’aino mekablim sechar – we toil and receive the fate of the leading protagonists and the will to the people. terrible plague that broke out in the camp. Job reward, whilst they )the non-Jews( toil but do HaRav Moshe Feinstein zt’’l offers a most done; lesson learned – one might think. not receive reward. In the non-Jewish world, it beautiful insight. He analyses the essence of is the end result that counts, irrespective of the No surprise then that at the end of the the relationship between a flower and its fruit. amount of effort expended to produce it. parshah we are told that B’nei Yisroel were He explains that the flower is a preparation - first Not so, in the realm of ruchnius, where once again complaining about Aharon’s the plant or tree blossoms, and only thereafter quite the reverse is true. Hashem desires our priesthood. The Torah states, daber el b’nei does the fruit emerge. Indeed, without such efforts, on a par with our accomplishments. Yisroel ve’kach mei’itom mateh mateh leveis flower or blossom, there would be no fruit. Even imperfections in our preparations do ov [17:17]. The name of each tribal prince Whilst this is an example of the way in which not undermine their value in Hashem’s eyes. would be inscribed on their staff of office and, Hashem has created the natural order of the That is why the flowers remained on Aharon’s together with the princely staff from the Tribe world, the same concept can also be applied staff, despite the emergence of almonds, of Levi, emblazoned with Aharon’s name, they to spirituality and mitzvos – preparation is an and why the Gemara’s statement about its would each be placed in the Ohel Mo’ed. integral and important ingredient. being secreted away in toto is so significant, The Torah then informs us that Aharon’s In the secular world, people are only emphasising the equal worth ascribed by staff flowered, and that it also sprouted concerned with outcomes - the final product Hashem to the preparatory flower and the almonds.

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