Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...

On Ben Peles had a good wife, but what did she tell him to make him change his mind about joining the machlokes? Said R’ Itzikel Vurker: If you look into Rashi you see that she said “When people become powerful and wealthy, when they rise to the t...

The holy Kotzker said: When Korach was on the דוכן he mamesh went up to heaven and he thought ‘can you imagine what it would be like if I’ll get to the היכל… I’ll go so much higher.’ But he didn’t realize that the reason why the דוכן works to bring ...

"Korach son of Yitz'har, a grandson of Kehos and great-grandson of Levi..." (Bamidbar 16:1) He had such great yichus, he must've had the greatest attributes and תכונת הנפש in the world, so how did he end up getting so messed up? Says the holy Chass...

If you have a room that is full of Sifrei Torah, does it need a mezuzah? Korach asked that question. It’s a very logical question, everything you could ever want is included in the Sefer Torah, so why would you need a mezuzah that only has two parsh...

Sometimes we have a dream and we want to know - does it mean anything? R’ Zalmen Gurary said that after the Frierdiker Rebbe of Lubavitch, R’ Yosef Yitzchak, was niftar, and before the Lubavitcher Rebbe took over, - he had a dream and he understood ...

Isn't the goal to always strive higher? So what's wrong that Korach wanted to go to the highest place possible? There was once two oxen, and as they're grazing, suddenly they look up in the heavens and they see this gorgeous eagle soaring high in th...

And when Chana prayed for her sons - the Gamara in Brachos said - she begged Hashem לא חכם ולא טיפש. Said the Imrei Emes: I get why we don't want him to be a Tipush, but what's wrong with being a Chacham? You should always be open minded, but not s...

You all know what happened to Korach, right? He ended up swallowed somewhere deep down under. But that's not the end of the story. Right afterward there's this strange story where everyone gives in their fancy wooden stick known as a staff, and Hashe...

Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu: 'Separate yourselves from this community, and I will destroy them in an instant.' (Bamidbar 46:21) Said the holy Yeitev Lev: Everyone has a תּוֹךְ - deep inside everybody is good. Hashem said: הֵרֹמּוּ מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה...

R’ Moshe Lelover was sitting with his Chassidim and he was lost in thought. Instead of Torah, repeated, again and again, the words of Rashi: וקרח שפקח היה - “But Korach who was so smart…” And then he said, צו קלוג טאר מען ניט זיין - Don’t be too smar...

'Tomorrow morning,' he said, 'G-d will show that He knows who is His. (Bamidbar 16:5) Sais R’ Moshe Tzvi from Sovran the deepest secret in the world: You know what Moshe Rabbeinu was saying? The word בֹּקֶר comes from the word ביקור meaning to sear...

Suddenly, the ground split open and people were falling inside; there was shouting, yelling, and screaming. The pasuk says: וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם נָסוּ לְקֹלָם כִּי אָמְרוּ פֶּן תִּבְלָעֵנוּ הָאָרֶץ - Hearing their cries, all the Isr...

Dovid HaMelech said: לְהוֹדִיעַ לִבְנֵי הָאָדָם גְּבוּרֹתָיו - ‘To let people know the strengths of Hashem,’ (Tehillim 145:12) Said R’ Burichel Mezibisher: Listen deep. לְהוֹדִיעַ לִבְנֵי הָאָדָם - You know what you need to notify people of? גְּבוּ...

One person was saved from being swallowed up alive by the ground. The wife of On Ben Peles was sitting by the doorway when the mob was coming to get her husband to join them, so she uncovered her hair. They yelled ‘She’s a prutza! We can’t let such ...

Was there anybody in the world who was as holy as Moshe Rabeinu? Was there anybody in the world who people badmouthed like Moshe Rabeinu? ויפול על פניו - and he fell on his face, you know why? Says the holy Baal Shem Tov that it’s brought down in ...

The Torah is all about Shalom - peace. Asks Lubavitcher Rebbe: why in the world did we name the Parsha after Korach “Mr. Epitome of Divisiveness”, the person who comes to destroy Peace and achdus? There’s a secret here. Today we know already that ...

There are Givers and Takers. We all know that (of course we are all from the Givers). So I don’t know what the whole story of Korach is and what it’s all about, but one thing is very clear in all the Seforim, וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח - he was all about יק...

What do you do when you're deep down under? You listen to what Korach taught us. Korach said: You know what you do ווען דו ביסט טיף אין דער ערד. You yell משה אמת - the Tzadik is Emes! ותורתו אמת and the Tzadik's Torah - that's true too! But you ha...

So Korach says ‘I want to be a Kohen, I want to go higher and higher..’ What in the world could be so wrong with that?? Says the holy Shem MiShmuel: Hashem told Korach, you know what it means to be a Kohen? You know how you become higher? By going l...