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Rav Eli Weber discusses the implications of leadership and the tension between divine authority and human institutions in the context of Korach.

Korach | 5786 | For the Lord will not forsake His people, by Rav Eli Weber I Shmuel 11: 14-15 - 12:1-22 Shmuel HaNavi's farewell speech, the Haftara for Parashat Korach, poses a timeless question: does appointing a human king strengthen or weaken a nation's relationship with God? Rav Weber argues that the deeper connection to Korach lies not just in parallel defenses of leadership, but in the shared danger of replacing divine authority with human institutions — a tension deeply relevant today.

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Host: Rav Eli Weber

Topics covered

• leadership
• divine authority
• human institutions
• relationship with God
• Korach
• Shmuel HaNavi's farewell speech

Keywords

• Korach
• leadership
• divine authority
• human institutions
• Shmuel HaNavi
• relationship with God
• Haftara

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Books & works: Shmuel, Parashat Korach

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