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Balak. The Power Of Deterrence

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Rabbi Shay Tahan

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foreign [Music] we found something that's very relevant to all times but especially to our generation and that is the power of deterrence in the beginning of the parashah we learned that balak benzipo addressed his Nation de amori and told them about what am Israel have done to the previous Kings how he how am Israel destroyed them this is what he's saying there were two kingdoms that were not able to stand against we definitely want to be able to stand up to them started fearing very much they already felt that they couldn't tolerate the fear that was the power of deterrence when am Israel came out of the time these deterrence was so strong until came to fight am Israel say hazal that nobody was willing to come close to fight with Amazon but in the previous parashat we learned that this very nation was coming to fight I'm Israel when passed away you came to fight against amazed away why say he heard that Aaron died where did he know that because the clouds the glory clouds disappeared because they they were all the time there in the honor of Ron and the Merit of Aaron and then as the deterrence deteriorated they came right away to fight um Israel and this idea is brought down in few places in the homage that we learned that as long as

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  2. 0:41there were two kingdoms that were not able to stand against we definitely want to be…
  3. 1:12came to fight am Israel say hazal that nobody was willing to come close to fight…
  4. 1:46he heard that Aaron died where did he know that because the clouds the glory clouds…
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  8. 4:14amount of punishment a person will get for that very little pleasure that he was getting…
  9. 4:46say in many different places like for instance sister look at three different things and you…
  10. 5:19power of deterrence this idea we learn from the palasha and from many places in hazal…

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