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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — Balak 5782

Выпуск: Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk — Balak 5782. Темы: health_mind. Поисковые термины: здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש. E-mail DoItForDovid@gmail.com And he sent messengers unto Bilaam the son of Beor, to Pesor, which is by the river, to the land of the children of his people, to call him… (Bamidbar 22:5) Balak, King of Moav, wished to summon Bilaam so that he might curse the Jews and Balak would be able to fend them off and they not capture his land. Rabbi Chaim Stein, who was a dean at the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, OH, asked some of his students: “If this is what they were willing to do for their god, what are we willing to do for ours?” In their dedication to their misguided cause, he saw a potential greatness. Bilaam made the grandiose comment to Balak’s messengers, “Were Balak to give me his palaceful of gold and silver, I would not be able to transgress the word of G-d to do anything small or great.” It sounded like he was such a devoted servant of Hashem when in reality this was completely self-serving. Despite having Hashem’s presence rest upon him, afterwards Bilaam was the same guy he was before, hence he “returned to his place.” Balak, though, who also remained evil, was said to have “gone on his way.” Why was he not described as having “returned” like Bilaam? We find a similar set of phrases in Beraishis (32:1-2) where it says that Lavan “went and returned to his place,” while Yaakov “went on his way.” Despite having seen the miracles of the spotted sheep and Yaakov’s Divine protection, Lavan didn’t change. Two of the planes brought down the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, one hit the Pentagon, and one landed away from its target, when the passengers overpowered the terrorists and prevented them from reaching their goal. It was squeezing him so hard he could not breathe.” “We didn’t know what to do, as it slowly killed him, and one of my friends said, “You’re going to die, say ‘Shema Yisrael!’” As he did, the snake uncoiled and slithered away. When we look at Bilaam and call him a Rasha, a wicked man, we must realize that what made him so bad was not just the things he did, but the fact that nothing could cause him to rethink his values. To keep ourselves on the straight and narrow, just remember that, in the end, everyone saw the truth about Bilaam, and a lowly donkey was able to put him in his

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Facebuker Shabbos Table Talk

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15 июля 2022 г.

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Темы: health_mind