Parsha Balak: What Kind of Person Do You Want to Be?

The sun has set.  The clouds are blue with pink streaks.  This is what I am looking at as I start to write about this week’s parsha (Torah portion).  The parsha is called Balak.  He is the Moabite king, and he is afraid of the children of Yisrael.  So he enlists the help of a man of god named Bilim, to curse the children of Yisrael so that Balak can drive them off. After much persuasion, god give Bilim permission … Continue reading