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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Balaam, on the other hand, sought the destruction of Israel. He importunes the Almighty to allow him to act as sorcerer for the wicked Balak and goes from place to place hoping to find a location ...

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 ...

And in Israel’s appearance, Balak, the Moabite king, sees a Divine threat. Uncertain that it can be vanquished solely by physical force, he sends messengers to enlist the aid of Balaam ...

God tells Balaam not to go with Balak’s messengers because the people of Israel are blessed. Balak asks again, and Balaam responds: “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and ...

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 ...