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Balak It's Not a Zero-Sum Game

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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  2. 0:33Egypt and they're threatening Moab and I want to curse them out of existence." And Hashem's…
  3. 1:03Balaam didn't give up, even though his donkey right? has to run away from the Malach…
  4. 1:33work? That that God is going to allow him to destroy the Jewish people? If you…
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