Parashat Balak: The Secret Behind Effective Blessings - Maran HaRishon LeTzion Rabbi David Yosef

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In our parashah, we will read about Balaam. He was trying to curse Am Yisrael. And Hashem didn't want It's not a just to curse Am Yisrael to say something and Hashem will fulfill what he said. Balaam was very smart. He looked at Am Yisrael. He tried to find minuses, some sins, some avonot they did and to curse them about that. Balaam knew that one of the principles of our Torah, of our emunah, that Hashem Yitbarakh gomel le'ish hasid kemif'alo, noten larasha rak krish'ato. It means that if someone is making good things, he will get reward. If has veshalom, the

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1. 0:00In our parashah, we will read about Balaam. He was trying to curse Am Yisrael. And…
2. 0:30minuses, some sins, some avonot they did and to curse them about that. Balaam knew that…
3. 1:05the opposite, he will get punishment. So, Balaam tried to find bad things about Am Yisrael,…
4. 1:35Matovu ohalecha Yaakov, mishkenotecha Yisrael. But in the end, he won. Unfortunately, we have to say…
5. 2:08you will win. That's what he told Balak. And uh, Balak did it. And it was…
6. 2:38Torah, learning Torah, we will get reward. Blessing, okay, it's important to get blessing from a…
7. 3:09So, this is the way of Am Yisrael. If we want that our enemies will never…

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