Jewish tradition values personal modesty and meaningful inner growth that is not displayed for public attention. Such conduct ...

Chukat is the saddest parasha in the entire Torah. And Parashat Balak contains a fascinating and unusual story that ...

One of the first lessons appears at the beginning of Parsha Chukat with the passing of Miriam. The Torah records her death with remarkable brevity. After decades of leadership, courage, and devotion ...

His courage and self-sacrifice reflected the same message embodied by Chukim: that a Jew’s commitment to Torah and mitzvos is ...

Something about the Jew elicits the worst fears in humanity and the approach of a nation wearied by a 40-year desert journey is extraordinarily alarming to the powerful monarch Balak. Parshat Balak ...

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 ...

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When Bilam stands before Balak, the air is thick with expectation. Altars are prepared, smoke rises, and the king waits to ...

Our Sages contrast the disciples of Abraham with the disciples of the wicked Balaam (Pirkei Avot 5:22). Abraham’s students ...

I am the prophet, the intellectual, and the spiritual head of the Seventy Nations of the world.” In ancient geography and ...

I’m a rule follower. So when the Book says find an unblemished red cow that’s all I want to do.