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When Curses Turn Into Blessings - Parshat Balak
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In this week's portion of Parshat Balak, King Balak goes to extreme lengths to take down the Jewish nation. He builds altars, prepares massive sacrifices of bulls and rams across three different locations, and hires the powerful prophet Balaam to unleash a devastating curse. But every time Balaam opens his mouth, the opposite happens! #parshathashavua #parshatbalak #torah #torahlearning #judaism #jewishthought #balak #jewishpeople #amyisrael #bible #hidabroot
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Balak prepared great sacrifices, seven
bulls and seven [music] rams in three
different places, and asked Bilam to
curse the Jewish nation.
At the first place, at Bamoth-baal,
[music]
Bilam went up to a high mountain and
wanted to see the Jewish people in order
to curse them.
But what happened?
Instead of a curse, a blessing came out.
"How can I curse if God has not cursed?"
Then Bilam added a blessing and said, "A
unique nation that cannot be counted
because they are so numerous, and the
other nations [music] cannot influence
them."
Balak was very angry. "What have you
done to me?
I brought you to curse my enemies, and
instead [music] you blessed them." But
Balak didn't give up.
He took Bilam to another place, to the
top of the peak.
There they prepared sacrifices again,
and Balak asked Bilam to try cursing
them once more.
But again, instead of a curse, an even
stronger blessing [music] came out.