Lessons on Balak

articles on Balak

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel
Rabbi David Dudkevitz
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu
Rabbi Chaim Avihau Schwartz
Rabbi Shabbtai Sabbato
Rabbi Uzi Kalchaim zt"l
Rabbi Mordechai Hochman
Rabbi Yehoshua Shapira
Rabbi Mordechai Sternberg zt"l

articles on Balak

Bilam's Predicament

Weekly Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Balak".

Bilam's Predicament

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalamn Baruch Melamed for the weekly Torah reading of Balak.

The Hidden Meaning of the Bilam Story

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly Torah reading of Balak.

The Curse of Loneliness

The battle against antisemitism can be won, but it will not be if Jews believe that we are destined to be alone. That is Bilaam’s curse, not God’s blessing.

Bil'am Ineffective Curse – and Deadly Advice

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 13 Tammuz 5784

Our unity versus their’s

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 11 Tammuz 5784

May I Divine?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 11 Tammuz 5784

A People That Dwells Alone?

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 26 Sivan 5784

Haters & Hired Guns

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tammuz 5783

What Makes God Laugh

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Tammuz 5783

Tarshish, Canals and Divrei Hayamim

We will soon discover that attempting to identify “Tarshish,” mentioned numerous times in Tanach, will lead us to a fascinating search! Let us start with the most basic of questions: Was Tarshish a person, place, or thing?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tammuz 5783

Was Bil'am Jewish?

Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | 11 Tamuz 5783

What Is the Significance of the Number 40 in Jewish Tradition?

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tevet 4 5782

The Four “Exiles”

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tevet 13 5781

Accident by Design

At the Shabbat Table

At the Shabbat Table

Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Tevet 3 5780

Tefillin Retzuos, Maintenance, and Purchasing Instructions

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Elul 1 5779

Prayer for Redemption and Blessings for Mashiach

Special prayer to hasten our final redemption attributed to the Ramchal. Which blessings will we say when the Messiah comes?

Rabbi Avraham (Abe) Abrahami

The Twentieth of Sivan

"I noticed that the back of my siddur contains a large section devoted to selichos for the 20th of Sivan, yet I have never davened in a shul that observed this day. What does this date commemorate?"

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 17 5780

Making a Beracha before Separating Challah

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772

What Bracha Do I Make Before Smelling the Shavuos Flowers?

My husband brought me beautiful roses for Shavuos. Should I make a bracha before smelling them? I have noticed that sometimes there is no noticeable fragrance.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772

Performing a Proper Hesped

The Halachot of a 'Eulogy'

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

Some Contemporary Bishul Akum Curiosities

A summary of laws of "Bishul Akum" - non Jewish cooking.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

The Nine Days

Various Halachot of the Nine Days.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

32. The Root of the Trait of Piety

If a pious person sees that his fellow stands to suffer some kind of loss and he has the power to prevent it, he goes out of his way to do so. It goes without saying that he himself is most careful not to do anything that will incur loss to another.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5752