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Power Of Resilience:
Moses Bounces Back
Shabbat Rosh Chodesh; Parshat
Korach: Numbers 16:1-18:32; Isaiah
66:1-24.
A
characteristic — resilience,
highway police
the incredible ability to bounce
officer spots two
back in time of adversity.
Jewish youngsters
Where did Moses learn this
riding a motorcycle. They are
resilience? Certainly it devel-
unmistakably Jewish: kippah,
oped, in part, from on-the-job
tzizit, the works.
training and the continuous
The policeman decides
series of challenging incidents.
to follow them, intending to
But according to modern day
issue a ticket. After a long
psychologists, much of it had
ride on and off the highway,
Rabbi Joseph
to do with the influence of
on the side streets and off the
H. Krakoff
Moses' parents, Amram and
side streets, he could not find
Special to the
Yocheved.
anything wrong with their
Jewish News
Studies show that resilience
driving.
— the ability to bounce back
Frustrated, the policeman
when bad things happen — is what
stops them anyway. "I have been follow-
separates people who flourish from those
ing you for a long time, watching every
who don't, whether it is dealing with a
move and hoping to catch you with
bad grade, a lost job or something more
some violation, any violation. But you
guys are perfect. How is it possible?" the serious. Research on resilience also
shows that taking action is the best anti-
policeman asked.
dote to feeling helpless.
The two boys replied simultaneously:
Sometimes, it would be so much easier
"God is with us."
to throw up our hands in frustration
"That's it!" exclaimed the patrolman,
when faced with conflict. Moses' chal-
"Three people on a motorcycle is a vio-
lenge to us then is clear: We must find
lation:'
ways in our own lives to move toward
There are three people who are the
resilience by not allowing adversity to
focus of this week's dramatic Parshat
topple us. Through his experiences,
Korach. They are: Moses, Aaron and the
Moses keeps the ultimate goal in mind:
sedra's namesake, Korach. Korach, who
is the great-grandson of Levi, decides to reaching the Promised Land.
Yes, Moses is determined to succeed at
challenge the leadership of Moses and
the Divine task of bringing the people to
Aaron. His followers organize a rebel-
Eretz Yisrael despite their bad behavior.
lion in an attempt to oust Moses from
Likewise, in times of personal adversity,
power and successfully persuade the
may we keep our goal in mind and take
250 elected leaders of the Israelites to
appropriate action, refusing to allow
join them in questioning Moses' leader-
adversity to topple us as our resilience
ship in a public forum. How could any
individual challenge the authority of the shines through. Shabbat Shalom!
greatest liberator Israel has ever known?
Joseph H. Krakoff is a rabbi at Congregation
What chutzpah!
Shaarey Zedek of Oakland County.
The truth is that this is actually the
fourth challenge that Moses incurs just
in the Book of Numbers. In the first rebel-
Conversations
lion, the people cry out for meat to eat.
If you were Moses, how would you
In the following chapter, Moses siblings
have responded to the rebellion?
Miriam and Aaron challenge his good
How should Korach have
judgment in the choice of a mate. And
expressed
his dissatisfaction with
the third challenge is the rebellion gener-
Moses?
ated by the discouraging report given by
Think of a recent setback you
10 of the 12 spies sent to scout out the
experienced. How did you react?
Promised Land.
Were you resilient?
In each of these incidents, Moses dem-
onstrates perhaps his most important
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