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The Yeshiva.net — Balak 5784

Выпуск: The Yeshiva.net — Balak 5784. Темы: family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. "I opposed and discouraged interfaith marriage, not because I believed that Jews were better than non-Jews but because a family with two religions was likely to raise children with no religion to avoid arguments." https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/item/1161/essay-parshas-balak-are-jews-treated-differently 5/8 7/15/24, 5:18 PM TheYeshiva.net - Rabbi YY Jacobson "But this year has persuaded me that Jews are in fact different. On the Ultimate Meaning of Jewish Existence Rabbi YY Jacobson April 1, 2014 Balaam's Prose It is fascinating that some of the most splendid prose in the Hebrew Bible emerges from the mouth of Balaam, a brilliant poet, a prophet, and an archenemy of the Jewish people, who, summoned by the Moabite king to curse Israel, ends up delivering the most poignant poetry ever uttered about the history and destiny of the Jewish people (1). Blessed is he that blesses you, And cursed is he that curses you…" Even more interesting is the fact that the most explicit reference in the five books of Moses to Moshiach, the Jewish leader who will bring about the full and ultimate redemption, when heaven and earth will kiss and humanity will become one, is to be found in Balaam's prose: "I see it, but not now; I behold it, but it is not near. Although he or she may not be able to put his or her finger on what exactly that otherness is, the non-Jew feels that Israel "is a people that dwells alone, and is not reckoned among the nations." A Peculiar People Eric Hoffer, an American social philosopher, author of the classic "The True Believer" and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, expressed Balaam's sentiments in a Los Angeles Times article decades ago. https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/item/1161/essay-parshas-balak-are-jews-treated-differently 2/8 7/15/24, 5:18 PM TheYeshiva.net - Rabbi YY Jacobson Russia did it, Poland and Czechoslovakia did it, Turkey threw out a million Greeks, and Algeria a million Frenchmen. And one has only to imagine what would have happened last summer had the Arabs and their Russian backers won the war to realize how vi

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The Yeshiva.net

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15 июля 2024 г.

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Темы: family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, parsha_commentary