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Bilaam: The Wisdom of the Common Man
Parshat Balak almost seems comical, how is it Torah?
Balak claims the Jews are a threat, that he is a victim. The whole parsha is based on a figment of Moav's imagination; there is no threat to Moav, the Jews were forbidden from attacking them!
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, June 26th, 2018 (13 Tammuz 5778)