Parsha 40 of 54 · Sefer Bamidbar
5 pieces on Parshas Balak, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 1 page
June 25-26, 2021 16 Tamuz, 5781 This week’s parsha is Balak, the parsha where the king Balak calls Bila’am a non-Jewish “prophet” to curse the Jews, which ends up turning into a significant blessing. Moav (and Amon) are offspring of Lot who was saved by…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 3 pages
In this week’s parsha we read about the King Balak-who called Bilam – a non-Jewish prophet to curse the Jews on their travels. Those curses were converted into blessings, when Bilam saw the encampment of the Jews. In the early Rashis on the parsha- Rashi…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 1 page
This week’s Parsha is Balak, the fascinating story of King Balak, who hired Balaam to curse the Jews. In the beginning of the Parsha, Rashi asks, who hated the Jews more, Balaam or Balak. Rashi concludes that Balaam hated the Jews more. The reason is that…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha is Balak, which recounts the events of Balaam, whom Balak called to curse the Jews, but instead ended up giving blessings. One reason for this was Balaam’s observation of “Mah Tovu Oha Lecha Yaakov”, that the Jews were respectful of one…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
Parshas Chukas–Balak
1 Parshas Chukas-Balak This week’s Parsha opens with the concept of purification through the red heifer. This law is a "Chok,” meaning there is no reason, other than Hashem telling us to do it, and we do it. In theory, every Mitzvah is solely for the purpose…
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