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Balak - Open The Door | Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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hi welcome to the para and five we're in 5 minutes we try to give you an idea on the paraa that will give you uh some insight and help in understanding the parisher that you could maybe share with your family over the chabas table it's a very strange story billum uh the uh representatives of bolock come to billum and say um we want you to come and curse the Jewish people he says look I can't do anything unless Hashem lets me so he says to Hashem can I go and curse the people he says no can I curse them here no can I give them a I curse them here no can I give them a br no just don't get involved he says I'm sorry I can't go they come back to next time and they say we really want you to come he say I'll ask Hashem again Hashem says okay wow I didn't know God could be worn down that fast usually parents will last longer than that before they give to their kids just like that and then God is angry at bill because he decided to go but you told me I could go oh I talk about the master of the double message yeah and so he's on his way and K sends what and so he's on his way and K sends what has to be the most incompetent Malik that ever was he comes with his big sword to kill him and the donkey moves out of the way oh my gosh I couldn't see that coming so he goes to the next part near a wall and the Dunkey sees him and moves against the wall and again the Mal is totally styed and then he goes to a place where there's walls on both sides and uh and he gets his sword ready and

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  1. 0:00hi welcome to the para and five we're in 5 minutes we try to give you…
  2. 0:31I curse them here no can I give them a br no just don't get involved…
  3. 1:04and so he's on his way and K sends what has to be the most incompetent…
  4. 1:34and uh and he gets his sword ready and the Dunkey sits down you know Mal…
  5. 2:04of them said wow it's hot in here and the other one said ah a talking…
  6. 2:38impression why is doing this so the answer is will send you a message or as…
  7. 3:08do but you have to understand that you um can make your own choices and Hashem…
  8. 3:38everybody is here because at some point you got a knock on the door and someone…
  9. 4:12a Malik who as Raji points out is Mal so it's not a Mal he was…
  10. 4:42life encouraging you to do the right thing to send you in the right direction and…

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