An angel is blocking Bilaam's way,
and his donkey rebukes him publicly.
Why all the drama?
A lesson about the meaning of punishment
and the importance of every individual.
Chukat – Balak: The Talking Donkey
C
Balak: God’s Secret Logic
B
Why do bad things happen? Are catastrophes G-d's retribution for our sins?
Balak: The Breach in the Wall – A Good Development or a Bad One?
B
On which date did the Babylonians invade Jerusalem? Was it the ninth of Tammuz or the seventeenth?
An apparent contradiction in ancient Jewish sources is resolved by examining biblical military strategies — with the insight and awareness that that a bad situation can always be turned into a good one.