page_title: Korach (parsha)
section_title: In modern interpretation
hierarchical_section_title: Korach (parsha) / In modern interpretation
caption_attribution_description: English: Professor James Kugel of Bar Ilan University
context_page_description: Korach or Korah is the 38th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the Book of Numbers. It tells of Korah's failed attempt to overthrow Moses.
  It constitutes Numbers 16:1–18:32. The parashah is made up of 5,325 Hebrew letters, 1,409 Hebrew words, 95 verses, and 184 lines in a Torah Scroll. Jews generally read it in June or July.
context_section_description: The parashah is discussed in these modern sources:
caption: Kugel
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