Parshat Korach: It's All Up to the Wife - Rabbi David Kaplan

[Music] as a story carries on we'll see tomorrow more but as the story carries carries out dusan and aim are there and they're going to take the fall with korak whatever happens to this man un pelis he was also there in Cahoots with them whatever happens to on pis Torah says korak went along with do a and on pelis and we never find him again in the story never find on Ben pal again in the story so the answer is the answer is that the uh again the medish says korak and pelis are men who have been made or destroyed by their wives how did korak get involved in this because earlier we see that when the levim were initiated into the into the uh uh the service what was done in the initiation they were taken and they were shaved bald they were shaved completely bald and Mrs K korak was a Ley he was shaved completely bold bald so Mrs korak says to her husband hey MH made a monkey out of you he took you he took his his brother who is the coin gutle puts the chest plate on him and all the gold ornaments he puts it he dressed his brother up like a bride on her wedding day and you he shaved ball made a monkey out of you so K said to his wife yeah but he did it to himself too because M was Ley he also had it done to himself so his wife said sure because M felt that you know it's worth it if I take him down you know she quoted the famous quote from Shimon you I'll die with the Philistines I'll die with the ptim when when Samson died he said to God give me strength for one more time let me die with the Pam that's the idea when you pull a practical joke on someone that you do it to yourself because it's worth doing it to yourself to see what happen what his reaction is did you ever do that you ever do that to somebody when you're hazing or whatever it was didn't you ever do something to yourself in order what hazing didn't you ever do something to yourself in order so there's a concept of I'll I'll go down as long as I take him down korak said to his wife yeah that's what mhain is doing he felt he' make a monkey out of us in order to make a monkey out of everybody else and she takes him down she's the one who egged him man on Ben pel's wife said to him according to the medish she saw something was up all wives always see that in a husband's eyes own CS home one day wife says what's going on on he says oh nothing he sits down to eat supper he says what's going on she sees the she sees it they always know husbands usually have this grand plan you know I was going to you know take all of our savings and pawn a couple of the kids and go for the big one you know the wife finally gets it out of you says you're not pating the kids you're not going for the big one just just go to work tomorrow you know don't don't she she sees it in your eyes someone says oh nothing says what's going on says well there there're just a rebellion going yeah what have you got to do with it well I'm you know I mean I'm with korak and do so said well listen there's nothing in it for you if right now you're a follower cuz mosha is the leader if korak wins you're going to be a follower again what are you getting involved for says what can I do I gave them my word hope that people become very Noble I gave them my word that I would join them she says all right listen you know just let me take care of it so she gave him a drink she gave him wine he fell asleep best thing is getting the husband out of the way he can fall asleep and he's in the back of the tent the next morning when they came to collect them they came to get to get to get un Ben pelis she stood outside the tent and she uncovered her hair you're not allowed to look at a woman's hair uncovered so Kor is a very holy man K they come over oh a woman with her hairover they turned away they left them so own survived it own survived it never got involved in Rebellion they end up getting they end up getting the punishment that's the that's the the the and that gives you an idea we not talking about a thug over here you're not talking about a a thug you're talking about a man who carried the arot a man who's so holy I can't even look at women sometimes the the Holier you are the Holier you are the bigger the mistake you make right and that's why you justify we'll see tomorrow how he justifies this entire Rebellion all [Music] right