Parshat Balak: Blessings Disguised as Curses
📖 Parshat Balak This Week: King Balak hires the prophet Bilam to curse the Jewish people. Bilam opens his mouth to curse, but God transforms every curse into a blessing. 'How goodly are your tents, O Jacob!' Instead of destruction, he pronounces protection. Instead of weakness, he proclaims strengt…
Parshat Balak: Blessings Disguised as Curses
📖 Parshat Balak This Week: King Balak hires the prophet Bilam to curse the Jewish people. Bilam opens his mouth to curse, but God transforms every curse into a blessing. 'How goodly are your tents, O Jacob!' Instead of destruction, he pronounces protection. Instead of weakness, he proclaims strengt…
Balak | The Secret of Being God's Chosen People
As Parshat Balak unfolds, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David explore one of the most uncomfortable questions in Judaism: what does it actually mean to be the "Chosen People"? Is chosenness about superiority, exclusivity, or something entirely different?
Drawing on the Even Shlomo, Rebbe…
Far And Near
Rabbi Stein shows how the events of Parshat Balak offer two opposite views of the Jewish people, and how both are necessary for a complete picture.
The Zealot
Guest Contributor David Nimmer examines the "cliffhanger" of Parshat Balak, followed by the opening of Parshat Pinchas, and explores the Talmudic dispute over whether Pinchas's act of zealotry was justified.
When a Curse Becomes a Blessing (Parshat Balak) | Land of Israel Fellowship
This episode is a recording of a live Land of Israel Fellowship from June 28, 2026, exploring Parshat Balak.
Can curses become blessings?
In this week's Fellowship session, Ari Abramowitz uncovers the powerful connection between the story of Bilaam and the growing voices against Israel in our own…
Balak - Stop Hitting the Donkey
This week's Torah story, Balak, is not just a strange story about a Moabite king in fear, Bilaam, a mystic and a talking donkey.
It is about the moment you already know something is wrong, but you keep going anyway. You keep doing that thing you do. Because the reward is loud. Because the approval …
Balak: Choosing to Feel Chosen
It is so easy to view my spiritual life as a checklist of obligations, leaving me feeling distant or broken when I inevitably make mistakes. Through the lens of Parshat Balak and the true meaning of being the "chosen people," I learn that true Avodat Hashem is not about flawless performance, but ab…
BALAK - [2002] - Parshat Balak Broadcast
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BALAK - [2002] - Parshat Balak Broadcast - Description: The Rav's Broadcast for Parshat Balak - Date: 2002 - From: Rav Berg - Location: USA - Length: 7 minutes - Torah Sources: Parshat Balak
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Spill the P: 5786 Balak
Parshat Balak asks a question most of us never stop to consider:
What if your greatest gift isn’t meant to make you powerful—but trustworthy?
This week on Spill the P, we explore one of the Torah’s most misunderstood figures: Bilam. Was he really the greedy villain tradition often paints him to be,…
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