Julius "Korach the son of Yizhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi"
Julius "Korach the son of Yizhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi" Yahuda101 "Korach the son of Yizhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi" By Julius (Numbers 16:1) No doubt from Korach's perspective the timing was perfect. The seismic aftershocks of the debacle of the spies were still being felt. The nation was discouraged, their faith in Moshe's leadership had been repeatedly shaken, and Moshe himself must have wondered whether he was up for leading the people for another thirty nine years in the wilderness. Now was the time to strike. Korach was a son of the distinguished family of Kehat, a Levite, and not just any Levite. Not only was Korach, as our sages tell us, a very wealthy man, in fact the wealthiest man of Israel, and not only was he a brilliant man, as we can witness for ourselves in the verses of Torah, but he personally had the exalted privilege of being responsible for the safekeeping and transportation of the Ark of the Covenant whenever Is...