articles on Balak
Lessons on Balak

Leadership and Loyalty
Is leadership a set of skills, the ability to summon and command power? Or does it have an essentially moral dimension also? Can a bad person be a good leader, or will their badness compromise their leadership?
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Tammuz 14 5781

You Better Think
If you look at this Parsha in a Sefer Torah, you will immediately notice that Bilaam’s narrative is written in “block form” without the usual open spaces (parsha “breaks”) that are found in most Parshiyot.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Taamuz 13 5781
Balak - A Mouse Hole
The Talmud comments it is not the mouse that is a thief, but, rather, it is the hole in the wall that allows the mouse entry into the house that is the culprit. the villain in this week's Torah reading is Bilaam, yet, it is Balak who initiates the entire scenario.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Tammuz 13 5781

Micha’s Mashiach
The minhag is to read, as the haftara of Parashat Balak, a section of Micha, apparently because of one of its p’sukim: “My nation, remember what Balak, King of Moav, advised and what Bilam ben Be’or answered him …”. We will suggest another explanation.
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tammuz 10 5781

A Very Pessimistic Man
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Tamuz 11 5780
You May Need (Israel) Glasses
A look into the story of Bilaam in this week's Torah reading of Balak which explains the importance of seeing the Jewish People and the Land of Israel with an Ayin Tova - a positive outlook.
Baruch Gordon | Tamuz 10 5780
