What is "korach"

Korach may refer to:

• Korah or Kórach, son of Esau, a biblical character mentioned in Genesis 36:5
• Korah or Kórach, son of Izhar, leader of a rebellion against Moses recounted in Numbers 16
• Korach (parsha), the 38th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading

Korach or Korah ( — Hebrew for the name " Korah," which in turn means " baldness, ice, hail, or frost," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 38th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the Book of Numbers. It constitutes The parashah is made up of 5,325 Hebrew letters, 1,409 Hebrew words, and 95 verses, and can occupy about 184 lines in a Torah Scroll (, Sefer Torah).

Jews generally read it in June or July.