Sanhedrin 110a

סנהדרין ק״י ע״א

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Topic

קרח's rebellion: the two wives, the seriousness of מחלוקת and opposing one's רבי, קרח's wealth and death, and the fate of his group

Overview

This amud opens at the end of the story of און בן פלת's wife, whose clever trick kept her husband away from קרח's group. The גמרא then tells how קרח's wife pushed him into the rebellion with complaints against משה, and reads משלי 14:1 about the two wives. Next it explains who the 250 men with קרח were, and what slander made משה fall on his face. From משה going to דתן ואבירם, the גמרא learns that keeping a מחלוקת going is forbidden. It then teaches that fighting with, complaining about, or even suspecting one's רבי is like doing so against the שכינה. The גמרא describes קרח's huge wealth, which came from יוסף's hidden treasure, and brings two views on whether קרח was swallowed, burned, or neither. It ends with aggadot: the sun and moon protesting for משה, משה asking for the opening of גיהנם to be brought close, the sons of קרח singing in a safe spot, and the swallowed group admitting that משה and his תורה are true.

Opening lines

The steps (32)

1. Statementאון בן פלת's wife keeps the rebels away and he is saved
2. Statementקרח's wife complains that משה grabbed all the honor
3. Challengeקרח objects that משה shaved too, and his wife answers
4. Statementקרח's wife mocks the מצוה of תכלת
5. ConclusionThe פסוק about the wise woman and the foolish woman
6. StatementWho the 250 men with קרח were
7. QuestionWhat did משה hear that made him fall on his face?
8. ResponseThey suspected משה of being with married women
9. StatementEvery man warned his wife to keep away from משה
10. Statementמשה went to דתן ואבירם: we may not keep a fight going
11. Proofרב: keeping a fight going breaks a לאו
12. Statementרב אשי: one who keeps a fight going deserves צרעת
13. Statementרבי יוסי: challenging מלכות בית דוד deserves a snake bite
14. StatementDisagreeing with your teacher is like disagreeing with the Divine Presence
15. StatementQuarreling with your teacher is like quarreling with the Divine Presence
16. StatementComplaining about your teacher is like complaining about the Divine Presence
17. StatementSuspecting your teacher is like suspecting the Divine Presence
18. StatementWealth that harms its owner is קרח's wealth
19. ProofA verse shows that קרח had great wealth
20. Statementקרח's keys needed three hundred mules
21. StatementThe three treasures that יוסף hid in Egypt
22. Statementקרח was neither swallowed nor burned
23. StatementA ברייתא says קרח was both swallowed and burned
24. StatementThe sun and moon refuse to shine until justice is done for משה
25. Statementה׳ shoots arrows at the sun and moon and rebukes them
26. Statementמשה asks ה׳ about creating גיהנם
27. QuestionWhat exactly was משה asking for
28. ChallengeNothing is new under the sun
29. Resolutionמשה asked for the opening of גיהנם to be brought close
30. StatementThe sons of קרח were given a safe place in גיהנם
31. Statementרבה בר בר חנה is shown the smoking cracks of קרח's group
32. StatementThe swallowed group admits that משה and his Torah are true