The target of Balak and Balaam is Israel, which in gematria and ordinal number is 605, as follows: The difference between the above two names is: 699 – 466 = 233, which is the gematria of ...

But instead of confronting the Israelites on the battlefield where the Moabites could very well lose, Balak decided to first hire the services of the renowned seer Balaam in the hope that his ...

Meanwhile, as they travel east of the Jordan River, King Balak of Moab begins to get worried, so he calls Balaam, a well-known diviner and one of seven non-Jewish prophets, for help. King Balak ...

The first is Balak, king of Moab, a small kingdom east of the Land of the Israel. The second is Balaam, a complex person with magical powers who believes in God yet does not surrender to Him quickly.

There is a story in Numbers 22:6-35 about a prophet named Balaam and a King named Balak. Balak was the enemy of Israel and he believed in the prophet so much that he believed that if Balaam would ...

In addition, both leaders rely on sorcerers – in the case of Pharaoh, the chartumim (magicians); in the case of Balak, the heathen prophet Balaam – to achieve their horrific goal. And in ...

Why name a Torah portion containing such exalted content after Balak, a Moabite king who sought Balaam’s aid in annihilating the Jews? And why does this saga which unfolded just as the Jews were ...

In this week’s Torah reading, the king of Moab frightened by Am Yisrael’s movement into the region, wants to hire a “prophet,” the renowned professional curser Balaam. Balak sends ...

This week’s Torah portion deals mostly with two negative personalities: Balak, the king of Moab, and Balaam ben Be’or. Balak, king of Moab, sees Am Yisrael advancing toward the Land of Israel ...

King Balak of Moab, located in today's Jordan, is mentioned in a passage of the Book of Numbers. In the biblical story, he asks the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel, as the ...

Balaam’s goal was to break the connection between the Children of Israel and G-D by trying to destroy our faith and holiness. These last few years have been so challenging. In addition to the ...