CEREAL OF THE WEEK
קֹרַח
"QUAKE"R "CAP'N" "CRUNCH"
קֹרַח became jealous of his cousin—אֱלִיצָפָן בֶּן עֻזִּיאֵל, because he was chosen, instead of קֹרַח, to be the leader of the family of קְהָת. He also decided that it wasn't fair that מֹשֶׁה was the leader of the Jewish people, and that אַהֲרֹן was the כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל. He convinced others to follow him in his rebellion against מֹשֶׁה and אַהֲרֹן. Even though מֹשֶׁה always davened to Hashem to forgive the Jewish people, he prayed that קֹרַח should die an unusual death—because קֹרַח was saying that מֹשֶׁה did not receive the Torah from Hashem.
Hashem punished קֹרַח very severely. The earth "QUAKE"D and opened up. It swallowed up קֹרַח, his family, and all of his possessions. This happened because he wanted to be "CAP'N" of his family, but the earth opened up and "CRUNCH"ED him!!!