38. KORACH

From frozen Korach to flowering seed

38. KORACH

Rabbi Arthur Waskow

From Frozen Korach to Flowering Seed

By Rabbi Arthur Waskow*

Moses. Korach.

Up there: a far-sighted leader -- or is he arrogant, a tyrant? Down here, facing him: an ambitious troublemaking rebel -- or is he a democratic visionary?

These issues arise again and again in our own lives, inside us and around us:

Facing down our own rigidity -- to shake our selves into a messy puddle, or to shape a new, more fluid dancing in the world?

Challenging a father -- to ruin him, or learn to stand alongside, joyful comrades?