Parsha Pearls
Why does the Torah dedicate almost the entire parsha to the story of Korach? In parshas Chayei Sarah the Torah records twice Eliezer’s story of finding Rivka: when it actually happened and when Eliezer told over the story in Lavan’s house. Rashi (on verse 23:42) cites words of Chaza”l that explain this repetition: ”Rabbi Acha said: Conversations of our forefather’s slaves is more precious to Hashem then the Torah of their children. [We can see this from the fact that] Eliezer’s story is recorded twice in the Torah, while many main parts of the Torah were only given as hints.”
We see from these words of Chazal that the more significant something is, the more time the Torah spends on it. Hence, the obvious question this week is, why does the Torah dedicate almost the entire parsha to the story of Korach - a story of a group of people who went against Moshe and Aaron?!
It appears that, through this, Hashem is telling His children for all generations the following message: “Notice how significant in My eyes is your respect of the Torah leaders of your generation!”
