Parashas Korach Rosh Chodesh

Our Parsha this Shabbos which is also Rosh Chodesh is Parashas Korach.
In this Parsha,Korach who is related to Moshe and Aharon, approach them with 250 men,who were leaders of the assembly to question Moshe's appointment of his brother Aharon as Kohein Gadol, among other things.
The first verse states clearly how Korach had separated himself from the very wishes of HaShem and who HaShem wishes to Appoint .It is interesting to note,how in Pirkei Avos, Korach and his followers are mentioned in such a way as to show, that even Korach and his followers were not even in agreement with each other.Such is the nature of Machlokes,like a spreading virus that eats away at humanity. Torah says that Korach,a Levite came with Dasan and Aviram ,who were from the Tribe of Reuvein and joined Korach in his actions of rebellion.
Another man, On son of Peles , also a Reubenite joined Korach at the beginning but when the time came to approach Moshe and Aharon, On stayed in his tent for his wife told him that whether he serves Moshe or Korach he will still be subservient.This action of his wife saved his life and thus he isn't mentioned in the conflagration that took place against the rebels.
The Parsha continues with what happened to Korach and Dasan and Aviram and their rabble. The Parsha then mentions the beautiful miracle of Aharon's Staff budding blossoms and almonds ripening to prove he is the chosen High Priest of HaShem.Duties of the Kohanim are then discussed and more Laws of the Levites, which ends the Parsha.
So who was this Korach and Dasan and Aviram.
Moshe knew them from before, in Mitzrayim - Egypt.
It was in Mitzrayim that one day Moshe went out and saw an Egyptian Taskmaster beating a Jew.This Jew was Dasan,who had come home and found the Egyptian Taskmaster had defiled his wife, who tended to flaunt herself .It was Dasan who Moshe had saved, from this Egyptian Taskmaster.On the following day as our Midrash tells, Moshe went out again to his brothers and this time found that same Dasan in an aggressive row with Aviram, his Brother-in-Law ,for Dasan wanted to divorce his wife and Aviram objected.It was them who said to Moshe at the time,'Who made you a Judge over us.' Korach on the other hand was a Levite. His wife constantly ,wanting a higher station in life for her own benefit , complained about his status and position where Moshe was concerned, wanting her husband Korach to have a higher position in the Kehuna and a higher status in life.He,Korach, foresaw with Ruach HaKodesh that his descendant would be the holy Shmuel,whom we read about in the Haftorah of Korach when it doesn't come out on Rosh Chodesh.Korach was also one of the Levites who carried the Aron as the Midrash tells.It is interesting to note that the root of the word Korach ,is 'Kareich,' which means 'Division of Separation,' and it was even the case that the hair on Korach's head separated itself on either side - for this was a man of division .His wife constantly nagged him about pushing himself forward and she became his downfall,unlike On's wife who saved her husband.
So it was these three men whom Moshe and Aharon now faced.
How sad that the lack of faith in HaShem continued , to the extent that HaShem's Choice of Who leads and who is Kohein Gadol, could not be accepted by these rebels.
As I mentioned, On's wife saved her husband by not egging him on, unlike the wife of Korach , who constantly incited him to anger and to constantly challenge Moshe and made Korach feel even more negative and dissatisfied than he already felt with his already high status.
How important is a woman.She can make or break her man.
A true Eishes Chayil is one who stands by her husband , helping him climb higher spiritually toward G-D . This is one of her tasks, as it is one of his tasks , to help her climb higher to HaShem . In becoming one as a couple they gain HaShem .Both their tasks are not to create Machlokes - friction , but to promote peace with all and build up their partner and the World around them . Our Rabbis say there is no more beautiful a Blessing than for a man to find a true Woman of Valor, who honors HaShem and helps her husband do so too . Every Erev Shabbos , the Jewish Husband praises his wife, with Shlomo Hamelech's words of Eishes Chayil , a beautiful testimony to King Solomon's writings and love for a True Jewish Woman of Valor , for it is the Jewish Wife that is the Blessing to her husband and to their home . A man who is unmarried is looked upon as not having been blessed yet.
Certainly, Korach's wife was not an Eishes Chayil, for she brought her man down.What was the result of their rebellion.HaShem performed a miracle and the Earth opened wide its mouth and swallowed Korach and all that were with him and a flame came forth from HaShem and consumed the 250 men who had come with Korach , dressed in Tzitzis with Techeiles (The Blue Thread from the dye of the Chilazon ) , as a mockery to Moshe. G-D rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked.
A story is told of a Rabbi who was once walking in this very desert that is the Wilderness mentioned in the Torah and heard cries coming from deep in the ground from an opening crack.When the Rabbi peered into the crack, the voice of Korach's pleading was heard,begging for Moshe's forgiveness while mixed with the words of the pain and heat Korach has since been forced to endure till Moshiach's time.Our Rabbis say that only on Shabbos, does Korach get to have his searing punishment relaxed and after Shabbos,he returns to the Pit. This was not the result of On, whose wife saved him.
Such is the difference between a wife of valor and holiness and one of machlokes and unholiness.
May all couples be blessed to meet true partners that lift them up to HaShem in Heaven.
Wishing HaShem with Love, a Sweet and Peaceful Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov with love and to my fellow Yidden, a sweet and peaceful Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov with love.