Shabbat Shalom Balak 5781

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B”H Friday, 15 Tammuz, 5781 June 25, 2021 Issue N898

Balak

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ОТРЫВКИ ИЗ БЕСЕД РЕБЕ Самое еврейское свойство Глава Торы «Балак» названа именем моавского царя, который нанял пророка Билама, чтобы тот проклял еврейский народ. Всевышний же вкладывает в его уста благословения. Среди этих благословений Билама

мы находим следующее: «Я вижу его (Израиль) с вершин, вглядываюсь в него с высот; вот народ, живущий отдельно, на иные народы не похожий и среди них не числящийся.» Продолжение на стр. 4

Why the Jewish People Await Moshiach The Jewish people famously await the coming of Moshiach—a time of world peace, an end to poverty, hunger, and all sickness. A true utopia. Who wouldn’t want that? The interesting thing is, there’s actually another secret reason the Jewish people have always wanted Moshiach, and that reason is very relevant to your life, right here, and right now.

Curses Gone Awry Our parshah tells the story of perhaps the greatest nonJewish prophet to ever live, Balaam. Balak, the king of Moab, the neighboring land, called upon Balaam to use his power of prophecy to curse the People of Israel. Witnessing their remarkable path of victory through the desert, Balak was terrified and knew that conventional methods of warfare would not work against this Три недели в году, в период “Между Теснин” - между постами 17 Тамуза и 9 Ава - мы справляем траур по разрушенному Храму и по изгнанию - физическому и духовному - в котором мы до сих пор находимся. Продолжение на стр. 4

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Our Rabbis: Rabbi Yisroel & Henya Karpilovsky Rabbi Zalman & Tamar Shuchat miraculous people. So, he turned to other, supernatural methods. Balaam was all too eager, and we read an extensive account of how this wily, conniving man tried to negotiate with G‑d and seal a deal of destruction on the Israelites. Eventually, he rises to a summit overlooking the Israelite camp, and to Balak’s horror, he Continues on a page 3


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