Parashat Balaq's guest appearances

Parashat Balaq

Yeshivat Deah VeHaskel

Michael Franco

Parashat Huqqat

Parashat Shofetim

Megillat Esther

Elisha Ben Avuyah

Orah Hayyim

Sefer Shofetim

Parashat Ki Tesé

Parashat Nissabim

Parashat Vayishlah

Parashat Ki Tabo

Behar Behuqotai

Sefer Yehoshua

Andre Agassi

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Shiur On Parashat Balaq 5774 by Rabbi Joshua Maroof

Shiur On Parashat Balaq 5774

In this podcast, we learn the interesting textual contrasts between Abraham Abinu and Bilaam. We explore what exactly it was that made Bilaam a "wicked person" despite his seemingly innocent actions in this week's Parasha. The messages that emerge are fundamental to our mission of becoming a blessing to the world.

In this podcast, we learn the interesting textual contrasts between Abraham Abinu and Bilaam. We explore what exactly it was that made Bilaam a "wicked person" despite his seemingly innocent actions in this week's Parasha. The messages that emerge are fundamental to our mission of becoming a blessing to the world.

Parashat Balaq: Tapping Your Potential as an Emissary of Worldwide Blessing

In this week's podcast, we give an overview of the time period of the prophet Micha, noticing how similar that era was to our own. We explore various prophecies from that ancient epoch, culminating in a message that is vitally important to our contemporary times. “It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion--its message becomes meaningless.” ― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

In this week's podcast, we give an overview of the time period of the prophet Micha, noticing how similar that era was to our own. We explore various prophecies from that ancient epoch, culminating in a message that is vitally important to our contemporary times. “It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion--its message becomes meaningless.”  ― Abraham Joshua Heschel, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/4217" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism</a>

Parashat Balaq: Haftarah -- Micha 5,6: Religion or Creed?