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The Jews are coming and the neighbours are not pleased. After routing Sihon, King of the Amorites, and Og, King of Bashan, the next stop on the route to their homeland is the Land of Moab. Balak, the ...

Does Balaam’s donkey mock him? She disagrees with his plan. She holds fast to her perception of the danger before them. She disobeys his order. These actions do not amount to mockery. Rashi says ...

Researchers probing an ancient stone stele believe it shows a biblical king was an actual historical figure. King Balak of Moab, located in today's Jordan, is mentioned in a passage of the Book of ...

There is a clear parallel between Balak and events in the Book of Exodus. In both narratives, kings (Pharaoh of Egypt and Balak of Moab), alarmed about the success of the Jewish People, conspire to ...

“Hen Am L’Vadad Y’Shkone…” (from the root BaDaD*). “Behold, it is a nation that shall dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations.” *More on this later. And so, Balaam’s attempted curse comes ...

Bilaam the prophet to the nations declares in our parsha that "Amalek is the first ( Rosh) of the nations." (Num. 24:20) Rashi explains that the Hebrew word "rosh" here refers to the fact that Amalek ...

Balak Palak, the acclaimed 2013-Marathi film, is all set to be remade in Telugu and Tamil. The film, which revolves around a group of adolescents, focuses on the topic of sex-education and it turned ...

Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them!“ On June 20, after an Iranian missile landed on a building in Haifa, Yona Yahav, the mayor ...