parshat Korach

The Rambam's approach to miracles and laws of nature, as expressed in the splitting of the Red Sea and the punishment of Korah.

Korach's statements are high-minded and quite wholesome. We certainly DO believe that the spirit of Hashem resides within each of us, & we all have the potential to be a Moshe. But there is a huge difference between the potential & the actual.

Ordinary mortals have ordinary failings and self-interest is one of those failings. Moshe is true and his Torah is true. After that, no matter how fetching the slogan or how glorious the promise, caution and wariness about the person and cause being advocated are the proper attitudes to embrace.