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This week we read the Parasha "Balak" found in the book of Bamidvar (Numbers 22:2 - 25:9)The Sefer HaChinuch points out that in this Parashat the Torah does not command us any mitzvah, however, we can always find much to learn, since with each letter, the Torah comes to teach us something very important for our lives, let's see...Bilam assumed that the Creator would agree to curse the Jewish people if he “reminded” them how early and frequently they had rebelled against Him during their forty years in the desert.-Love conquers hate-'': (במדבר כב:כא)"Balam got up early in the morning...

"If you are going to obey the Creator, do not question" Parashat Chukat Bamidvar -Numbers 19,1- 22. "A Jok of the Torah that the Eternal commanded, saying: Tell the children of Israel to bring a completely red cow..." A Chok (a Torah decree) is a law whose reason is not revealed to us. For example, in the case of this Parasha, the laws of the Red Heifer, Shaanetz (the prohibition against mixing wool with linen), and Kasherut... "Obey without question" Although the motives for all mitzvot are beyond our understanding, some reasons for certain mitzvot have been revealed while others...

One of the teachings that this Parasha brings us iss on the seriousness of the dispute. "Because Adam caused harm by eating from the Tree, he brought corruption and conflict to his seed. Immediately after sinning, Cain and Abel began to argue with each other. Their argument was a precursor to all the disputes and conflicts to come, especially those against the Tzadikim (great righteous ones). Thus, their conflict engendered Korach's conflict. (Likutey Halachot) Korach separated from Aaron the Cohen because he felt he could support himself and did not attach importance to the evil inclination. In the end, Korach's...

“Send men for you so that explore the land of Canaan” (Bamidbar 13:2) The spies committed a terrible sin by speaking ill of the Promised Land. The great commentator Rashi asks why the Parashah that speaks of the spies was related to the parashah that speaks of Miriam, and answers that it is because she had been punished for the slander she said about her brother, and these wicked people saw the punishment she received, but still did not assimilate the lesson. The Israelites also believed what the spies said and they too wept. As theverse (Bamidbar 14:1): “The whole assembly...

“The Creator He spoke to Moses in the Sinai Desert, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying…” (Bamidbar 1:1). The Midrash1 It clarifies why the Torah emphasizes that the Creator spoke to Moses in the Sinai Desert, if we already knew: “Everyone who does not make himself hefker, 'ownerless' like the desert, it cannot acquire wisdom or Torah; that is why it was said '...in the desert of Sinai.' The commentators of the Midrash explain what the Torah refers to with hefker: “Be...