- Q. Rabbi, my young son just asked me how can we have a parsha named after an evil Rasha like Korach, what should I tell him?
A. There are a number of answers. On a similar question we wrote:
5033 - Q. Why is the Parsha this week called Korach? How can we use the name of a Rasha for a Parsha title?
To what we answered:
A. The Talmud (Baba Basra 74a and Sanhedrin 110a) mentions that the sons of Korach and according to some Korach himself survived and was constantly claiming that “Moshe Emes Vetoraso Emes, vaanachnu bado’in.”Moshe told the truth and they lied so they became baaleli teshuva.
We also have a number of Tehilim psalms that carry the name of the sons of Korach. (42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49).
Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a added that others also used that name, and it was a common name used by many.”
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Message from Petah Tikva Congregation: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Isaac I. Oziel z"l.
The funeral will be held today in Dallas, Texas.
Our most sincere condolences go out to his wife Nina Oziel, to his children Abraham, Yehuda, Dalia, Eli, Yosef and Deena and to his siblings, our dear members Mr. Moses Osiel, Mrs. Esther Belne, Mrs. Perla Cohen, Mr. Jack Oziel, Mr. Joe Osiel, Mrs. Sylvia Abbou and Mr. Sam Oziel.
The Shiva for the siblings will take place in Toronto and will be private.
Rogamos por el eterno descanso de la neshama de esta querida persona.
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