You Should’ve Known - Balak (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Kaplan’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

B okay we are on peric B uh uh pick it up on about again so bam is writing along and he's got these officials with him and then it says on uh page 860 page 860 so three times the donkey has veered 860 so three times the donkey has veered off the path and we said yesterday that it represents the three opportunities to turn back when I I did I say it yesterday I mention that yesterday when a wider area it's easier to turn back I mentioned that it's easier to turn back than it's narrower and he pushes his he pushes his foot against the wall and Bam hits him with the stick and then six lines to the bottom opens the mouth of the Donkey sholim why did you hit me three times if sholim why did you hit me three times if you look at Rashi here sholim you hit me three times and what does sh regol remind you ofid the three holidays so why does he use that's a funny turn of phrase three regol you take a look at Rashi over here it's the left column of Rashi six lines from the top regim raslo he was hinting to him now it's obviously not the donkey hinting to him it's hinting through the donkey donkey isn't thinking you're trying to upro a nation you're trying to upro a nation that celebrates three holidays in the course of the year what does Rashi mean what does that mean what it what's he what does it sound like Rashi say there three festivals what no there're three three regol Russ K and are called regalim P are called regol cuz you're ol

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1. 0:00B okay we are on peric B uh uh pick it up on about again so…
2. 3:37the thing that billum should should realize well since the Jewish people celebrate Three holidays you…
3. 7:45black fire and white fire but even more if you want to turn back for any…
4. 11:53see that if the donkey is doing something strange you should think why is this happening…
5. 16:02impurity and go indulge in various forms of impure Behavior why do they always in all…
6. 20:10andara no could you believe that a human being does that we're worse than animals animals…
7. 23:46get it for everything doesn't absolve you he's telling billam yeah you're going to curse the…
8. 27:53crying she says she says R I'm sorry my husband and my boys ate all the…
9. 32:02big tsunami in uh that wiped out about a quarter of a million people that when…
10. 36:17866 says to B here go with me to another place six lines to the top…

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