Parashat Korach
“Korah”

26 Sivan 5782
June 25, 2022

Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
3 Tamuz 5782
July 2, 2022

Torah Reading

• Numbers 16:1-18:32
Now Korach …took men and rebelled against Moshe.
(Numbers 16:1-2 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22

New Testament Reading

• Acts 5:1-11

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 5
Those who brag cannot stand before your eyes,
you hate all who do evil,
you destroy those who tell lies,
Adonai detests men of blood and deceivers.
But I can enter your house
because of your great grace and love;
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in reverence for you.
(Psalm 5:6-8 CJB)

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Numbers 16:1
2. Numbers 16:14
3. Numbers 16:20
4. Numbers 17:9(16:44)
5. Numbers 17:16(1)
6. Numbers 17:25(10)
7. Numbers 18:21

Maftir: Numbers 18:30

Meditation

Believers walk in the high privilege of offering the incense of sacrificial praise to God (Hebrews 13:15). It requires faith to praise God in the midst of difficult and trying circumstances. …Take a moment now to consider how you can best serve and delight in God!
– from Walk Numbers! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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