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Imagine you have been the Chief Operating Officer of a major corporation. The owner and Chairman of the board spotted you some forty years back.… Read More »A View from Above

THE GEMORA SAYS, that Rebi Alexandri used to finish his Shemonah Esrai with the prayer: “Master of the Universe, You know very well that our… Read More »The Way of Will

And Elochim said to Bilaam, “Do not go with them, do not curse the nation (Israel) because he is blessed.” (Bamidbar 22:12) Bilaam is cautioned… Read More »The Blessedness Continues

The Medrash tells us that Bilaam was a prophet, that Hashem, G-d, spoke with him. No one, however, came closer to Hashem thanks to hearing… Read More »Take It From Truman

Who has counted the dust of Yaakov?[1] No ordinary dust, this. According to Chazal,[2] Bilaam here reacted in awe at the wilderness landscape before him.… Read More »Left in the Dust

BS”D Volume 38, No. 40 14 Tammuz 5784 July 20, 2024 Sponsored by Mrs. Rochelle Dimont and family on the yahrzeit of her grandfather Harav… Read More »Bil’am’s Big Blunder

Yehuda ben (son of) Taima said, be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and strong as a lion to… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 23: How to Fight Back

This week we, in Israel, read the parsha of Balak while those outside of Israel catch up by reading both Chukas and Balak. “Va’yar Balak… Read More »Jewish Dwellings

“He perceived no iniquity in Yaakov, and saw no perversity in Yisroel. Hashem his G-d is with him, and the friendship of the King is… Read More »A Different Kind Of Friend

This week’s Torah portion revolves around the saga of the evil prophet Bilam who was commissioned by Balak, king of Moav, to curse the nation… Read More »Fruits of Passion