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Parshas Balak
Victory is With-in-Reach
How goodly are your tents Yaakov, your dwelling places Israel… (Bamidbar 24:5)
He perceived no iniquity in Jacob and saw no perversity in
Israel. HASHEM his G-d is with him and the friendship of the King is in
him. (Bamidbar 23:21)
The friendship of the king is in him: His keen observation is upon
Israel…This informs that HASHEM is their King and they are His
Nation…the way a people rejoice when their king is in their midst…
(Malbim)
Israel settled in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry
with the daughters of the Moabites. They invited the people to the
sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and prostrated themselves
to their gods. Israel became attached to Baal Peor, and the anger of
HASHEM flared against Israel. (Bamidbar 25:1-3)
And the people began to commit harlotry: to commit harlotry with the
daughters of Moab: As a result of Bilaam’s advice, as is stated in [the
chapter entitled] "Cheilek’ (Sanhedrin 106a). (Rahi)
What went so terribly wrong? Bilaam could find no fault in Israel
even for a boat load of money and then without notice we have a national
crisis- a contagion of immorality and idolatry! What happened?
It is fascinating to take note of something highly unusual in this week’s Torah
narrative. Since the spotlight of history found Avraham as its
protagonist and he became the favored one to guide the world to its
destiny, no other personage occupies the attention of the Torah unless it included somehow the Patriarchs or the Matriarchs or the tribes etc.
Now suddenly we are treated to a tragicomedy of errors as Bilaam and
Balak bungle an attempt at cursing Israel. The rest of the world, with
all its political intrigue might also make interest reporting, but the Torah is not a history book. It is HASHEM’s teaching book! They are conspicuous by they purposeful absence.
Why then focus ever so briefly on Bilaam and Balak? We can easily
answer that again Israel is still the focal point of their foolish
efforts. We are granted a brief glimpse into the hostile mindset and
obnoxious ambitions of those around us and how we are shielded even when
we are blissfully unaware of the dangers that lurk on the horizon.
That’s important enough to know but another point becomes crystal clear
in the very end of the episode.
Bilaam was unsuccessful at arousing HASHEM’s anger at Israel!
However, Bilaam learned something valuable that we should be aware of
because of its strategic value. We don’t have to bother fighting Bilaam
or to answer the Bilaam’s of the world. Our sages remind us, “A little
bit of light chases away a lot of darkness!” That darkness is expelled
at the speed of light! What did Bilaam do? He conspired to corrupt
Israel. He helped create the vulnerability he could not find! He caused
the People of Israel to invite Divine rage and wrath upon themselves. We
thereby became our own worst enemies! We don’t have to focus on any of
the negativity swirling around us. Our fate is in our hands. Bilaam got
it right, “They are a nation that dwells alone!”
Pardon the crude sports analogy but it is just so instructive. This
is how we find ourselves in the world! It’s the NBA basketball
championships- the 7th and final game. The clock has just run out! You
have been fouled in the last play and entitled to two foul shots. Your
team is down by one. If you make one, the game goes into overtime and
there is a second chance to win it. If you make both shots you are
crowned champs! If you miss both, you are labeled for all time a chump, a
choke- a loser!
The game is in the “away” arena. You are the visiting team! You
alone are on the line! The fans are screaming and booing and doing their
best to distract you to make you miss. You know what has to be done.
You have trained your whole life for this moment and dreamed of this
opportunity. You prepare by focusing and remembering all that you have
practiced and learned till now. You filter out thereby hostile spirits
that fills the building! If you pay even a little bit of attention to
them you are lost! If you can block it out and do what you know, victory is with-in-reach. |
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Please Say Yes to Abba Yahweh and His Laws special in
this time when Abba Yahweh is 'testing' us:
Hab 1:12 Art thou not mikedem
(‘everlasting’
also said of Moshiach, indicating Moshiach’s eternal divine nature: Dan 7:14 And there was given Him (Moshiach) dominion,
and honor, and sovereignty, that all people, Goyim, tongues, should
pey-lammed-chet. [1] (worship as deity) (see Dan 3:12, serve, reverence as
deity Him (Moshiach). His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not
pass away, and His (Messianic) Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.] see Michah
5:1[2];)
Yahweh
Elohai (my Elohim) Kedoshi (my Holy One)? We shall not die. Yahweh, Thou hast
appointed them (these Chaldean) for mishpat (ordinance); O Tzur, Thou hast
ordained them (these Chaldean) for reproof.
(Please
read the whole book of HaNavi Habakuk?)
Please take it serious what Abba Yahweh is telling us in:
Deu 18:15 Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohim) will raise up unto thee a Navi
(prophet) from among thee, of thy achim (bretheren), kamoni (like me.....
Exo 32:30 The next
day Moshe said to the people, "You have committed a terrible sin. Now I
will go up to Yahweh; maybe I will be able to atone for your sin."); unto
him ye must listen;
Deu 18:16 According to all that thou
desired of Yahweh Eloheicha (your Elohimin) Chorev (to be burnt dried up,
ruined, wasted) in the Yom HaKahal (day of the congregation), saying, Let me
not hear again the voice of Yahweh Elohav (your Elohim), neither let me see
this eish hagedolah (‘great fire’) any more, that I die not.
Deu 18:17 And Yahweh said unto me, They
have well-spoken that which they have spoken.
Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Navi
(prophet) from among their achim (brethren), like unto thee, and will put My
words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Joh
10:18
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have samchut
(authority) to lay it down, and I have samchut to receive it again. This
mitzvah I received from HaAv (the Father).
Deu 18:19 And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever will not listen unto My words which he shall speak Bishmi (in My
Name), I will require it of him.
Joh 8:28 Therefore, Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach said to them, When you perform the hagbah (lifting up) of
the Ben HaAdam, you will have da'as (knowledge) that Ani Hu [YESHAYAH
41:4; SHEMOT 3:14-16], and from myself I do nothing, but as HaAv (the Father)
of me taught me, these things I speak.
[1]
Dictionary of the Talmud. M. Jastrow p. 1178 פלח
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