Parsha Perspectives - Balak

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

then we'll resume in uh 3 weeks from now. We'll post on the WhatsApp group the complete schedule as we go to keep everybody updated. Parsha Balak, page 856 in the ArtScroll Stone Chumash. Chumash. Vayar Balak ben Tzippor es kol asher asah Yisrael la'Emori. Balak, the son of Tzippor, saw all that the Jewish people had done to the Emori. Last week the Jewish people asked for permission to pass through the land of several, and they were denied in each and every case. Evidence of the bias and discrimination against our people from the very onset. against our people from the very onset. You almost can't read last week's Parsha and say to yourself, "What was the big deal? Why can't we pass through the land? Here we were, a brand new slave nation limping out of Mitzrayim. True miracles were done for us. But we asked very respectfully, very gently, "Can we cut through?" Jews are always looking for a cut through. We never want to walk the long way. We're always looking for the cut cut through. So the whole nation was looking for the cut through, the shortcut. And we said ha'melech, we won't touch anything, we'll pay the tax, we'll buy the food and water off of

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2. 6:40And therefore, vayagar Moav mipneiha am, he became very afraid. Afilu mikshutei bnei Yisrael mipneiha am.…
3. 12:22there's an Eibishter, there's Hashem. And look what they're doing. Asher osola amori. Look what the…
4. 18:28Jewish people, goody-two-shoes, honor society, your favorites, they had Moshe. They had a Moshe to keep…
5. 24:01with Yisrael. They're also descendants of Bil'am, Bel'am, grifters with no nation, no people, no loyalty.…
6. 30:16parents says, "You can't have that candy. You can't stay up past your bedtime. You can't…
7. 35:56to go? What was he supposed to do? He's going to offer his son, and yet,…
8. 41:36lips even when I act like a donkey to nevertheless trust that I can turn to…
9. 47:46animal kingdom. Oilanu miyom hadin, woe unto those who are elevated and exalted, those who are…
10. 53:22Hashem dwells among us. Uvagoyim lo yiskhashav she'Yisrael einam chashuvim k'machshavos hagoyim she'einam tamim b'ta'anugei ha'olam…

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