Tagged ‘Balak’
Parashat Balak
Out of Left Field: The Portion of Balak By Rabbi Bob Freedman Just at a point in the narrative of Numbers when the Israelites have begun to fight for the land that God has promised them comes the story of … Continue reading »
Parashat Balak
By Hazzan Marcia Lane In our parashah, we have the story of Balak, king of Moav, who sends emissaries promising wealth to a certain prophet, Bilaam son of Be’or, if Bilaam will curse the Israelites. We know Bilaam is a … Continue reading »
Parashat Balak
By Rabbi H. Rafael Goldstein In the middle of all the kvetching in the Book of the Wilderness, Bemidbar, we have a king who commissions a special curse for the people of Israel, and ends up paying to bless them. … Continue reading »
Parashat Huqqat-Balaq
Judaism’s Prime Directive By Irwin Huberman There have been many attempts in our tradition to boil down the entire Torah into one clear directive. Over the generations, Jews and those from other faiths have wrestled with the difficult question, “what … Continue reading »
Parashat Balak
By Diane M. Sharon, Ph.D. Balak is a Moabite king who feels his sovereignty threatened by the numerous tribes of Israel as they wander in the wilderness towards the Land of Promise. Balak, along with a Midianite coalition, commissions a … Continue reading »
Parashat Balak
By Joan Lenowitz Every morning in our daily liturgy we recite the words spoken by the gentile prophet Balaam who acts as Balak’s agent and is the main protagonist in the narrative of Parashat Balak, ‘Mah tovu ohalekha Ya’akov mishk’notekha … Continue reading »
