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Jews for Judaism — Balak 5784

Выпуск: Jews for Judaism — Balak 5784. Темы: family_education. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה. This oppositional force is described as “the inclination of man's heart is evil from his youth” (Genesis 8:21) and is referred to as the “‫–יצר הרע‬evil inclination” or sometimes as the “‫–שטן‬Satan.” Despite the challenges posed by our evil inclination, we are told that we can control the evil inclination as it says, “Sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you should rule over it” (Genesis 4:7). Our sages (Midrash Bamidbar Rabbah 20:14) explain that God made the donkey speak to teach Bilaam that “the tongue and mouth [speech] are entirely in God’s hands.” In other words, God wanted Bilaam to realize that if he decided to go against His will, the Almighty could control his speech. Likewise, we are taught that in the Messianic age, the revelation of God will be so intense and personal that the Jewish people will no The Jewish longer choose to disobey God, as it says, “I will put My Spirit within people will you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe no longer My ordinances” (Ezekiel 36:27). However, in this week’s Torah portion, Balak (Numbers 22:2–25:9), God miraculously caused a donkey to speak, and it happened like this: Balak, the king of Moab, summons the pagan prophet Bilaam to curse the people of Israel. Although this angel was not actually the Satan—rather an angel of mercy—this story provides a better understanding of the meaning of the word “Satan” since its mission was to “oppose” Bilaam and stop him from doing evil. It is noteworthy that the first time the word Satan is mentioned in the Torah is in this week’s Torah portion, and it is significant that it is used as a verb [oppose] and not as a noun. Christianity believes that Satan, or the view of Satan devil, is a “fallen angel” that rebelled against God and seeks to is diametrically seduce mankind to oppose God’s will. The angel [spiritual messenger] sent to Bilaam says, “I have come out to oppose [‫–לשטן‬l’satan] you because your way is perverse before me” (Genesis 22:32). Therefore, the real role of Satan is to challenge mankind, thereby providing us with an opportunity to use our freedom of choice to make good and righteous decisions. different from the Christian The Jewish understanding of Satan is clarifie

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Jews for Judaism

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18 июля 2024 г.

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Темы: family_education