Parsha:

Balak 

Description

From the beginning of time, half-truths, lies and falsehoods have been an effective weapon to soften, weaken and bring down nations and people. The slanders used against the Jewish people throughout the generations have been designed to limit us, demonize us, and destroy us. Balak believed if only a world renowned spokesman would ascend to a large enough platform to "curse the nation that has gone out from Egypt and covered the face of the land," that he might slow it, trivialize it, "soften it up" for more conventional destruction. Rabbi Berel Wein calls Bilaam "Balak's default weapon against Moshe and Israel."