Balak: A Moment of Anger
What power did Bil’am have to curse? Our Sages say: Bil’am knew how to identify the moment at which God is angry, as is written,...
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A Nation that Dwells Alone (and an interesting story about the Rebbe)
The last verse in the haftarah (the weekly reading from the Prophets) of parashat Balak reads (Michah 6:8), “It has been told to you, man,...
Parashat Balak: Turning a Curse into a Blessing
In this week’s Torah portion we read how Balak, King of Moab, hired Balaam, an expert sorcerer, to curse the Jewish people, in an attempt...
A living movie
Instantaneous vision The sages teach us that Balaam could capture the one instant in the day when God is wrathful. When Balaam succeeded in cursing...
