Korach's infamous biblical rebellion against Moses and Aaron deserves radical reexamination, particularly in light of the Kotzker Rebbe's striking reference to him as "Our Holy Grandfather." Traditional rabbinic interpretations have long condemned Korach as a demagogue, yet careful analysis reveals his protest as a legitimate theological vision that presaged core principles of rabbinic Judaism. Through close reading of biblical texts, rabbinic literature, and modern Jewish theological scholarship—with special attention to Isaac Luria's mystical concepts of linear versus circular community models—a more nuanced understanding emerges. Korach's central claim that "all the community are holy" represented an early articulation of democratic religious principles that would later become foundational to Jewish thought. Rather than personal ambition, his challenge to priestly hierarchy reflected a prophetic understanding that authentic covenant relationship requires direct divine access for all community members, not exclusively through priestly intermediaries. This reassessment demonstrates that Korach anticipated the essential Jewish principle of individual religious responsibility and prefigured the rabbinic movement's democratization of religious authority. His "rebellion" thus constituted a necessary theological correction toward authentic communal holiness, marking him as a spiritual ancestor worthy of veneration rather than a cautionary example of defiance.