In this week’s Parsha, Moses personal integrity was challenged by his cousin, Korach, whom Korach accused of nepotism. We learned in the Midrash that Korach made fun of Moshe with several halachic questions. He asked Moshe if a garment is made of all techeiles, if it requires a thread (tsitsis) oftecheiles. The problem that I find is that no where in the Torah does it discuss this question. Where do find an allusion to this from the Torah? According to the sages of Israel, we find it from last week’s parsha where it discusses the laws of tsitisis and the blue thread. With the aid of the codes, we do find an allusion to the question of Korach. Before we show the code, lets see what happened in our Parsha. Moses prayed to God to make a new creation to show once and for all that his word was true and that the Torah of God is true. He asked , vhp ,t vnstv v,mpu , “the earth will open it’s mouth” (Numbers ). In fact, the creation would totally annihilate Korach, Dasan and Aviram and the 250 men of esteem. The Torah tells us that earth literally opened up and swallowed these people with all of their possessions. The outcome was as if they never existed. Indeed, we see the exact term, v,mpu , upatsisah, located exactly where Moses teaches us about the law of tsitsis and techeilis. The Torah says, vhvu: ,kf, kh,p ;bfv ,mhm… (and they shall place) the tsitsis of each corner a thread of turquoise wool. And it will be… (Numbers 15:38-39). If we take the acronym of the encircled letters, it spells the term , v,mpu,upatsisah meaning it shall open up. This teaches us that as a result of Korach making fun of Moshe and specifically about the Techeilis, he was punished by the earth opening it’s mouth and swallowing him and his group alive. We must take all of the commandments of God very seriously. Even if it is a simple blue thread. For those who made fun us, they have all disappeared like Korach. As noted in the Talmud, the blue thread has much symbolism as it really represents Heaven, which represents the throne of God (See Tractate Menachos 43b). From heaven, we received the Holy Torah. In this Parsha, we see an allusion to the Torah with the aid of the codes. The Torah says,ragnvragn ‘v,nur, ubnn o,nrvu , you shall set aside a portion to God, a tithe from a tithe. If we take the acronym of the encircled letters it spells vru,, Torah. This teaches us that we must all go the Kohen and give him tithes and then he will teach us the law. God entrusted these people as the law givers as they were the most committed in the days of Moses, as Moses requested, who is for God? The Levites came forward. As a result, they were chosen to minister in God’s temple and to teach people the laws of the Torah. Today, as there is no HolyTemple we must go to our Rabbis, who will teach us the laws of holiness based on our Torah.
A refuah shlaima to my father , Yaacov Zev Ben Malka Blima who is recovering from stroke.
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