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There is a clear parallel between Balak and events in the Book of Exodus. In both narratives, kings (Pharaoh of Egypt and Balak of Moab), alarmed about the success of the Jewish People, conspire to ...

The historicity of the Bible, or the Christian book’s acceptability as a history, is a controversial and contested field study. Few archaeological discoveries have so far supported many of the Old ...

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This coming Shabbat, we will read the Torah section of Balak in the synagogue. It is one of the most important Torah sections as well as containing amazing spiritual powers. Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto ...

Something about the Jew elicits the worst fears in humanity and the approach of a nation wearied by a 40-year desert journey is extraordinarily alarming to the powerful monarch Balak. Parshat Balak ...