~ Something to Think About ~
בלק פרשת
Parsha Stumpers
By: Daniel Listhaus
- (22:22) Why does the Torah describe Balak as “seeing” what B’nei Yisroel did as whereas by Yisro the Torah refers to Yisro’s “hearing”? What is the difference?
- (22:4) The Torah relates that Moav said to the elders of Midian that B’nei Yisroel will chew up their surroundings like an ox chews up its food. What was the point of this simile and why does the Torah feel the need to write it?
- (22:21) Why did Billam ride a donkey and not a horse?
- (22:28) Billam’s hit his donkey three times. When Hashem opened the donkey’s mouth, the first thing its first words to Billam was asking him, “What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?” Rashi writes that besides for giving Billam mussar, the donkey was also hinting to him that he will not be able to succeed in trying to uproot a nation which keeps the shalosh regalim. What is it about the shalosh regalim specifically which should be singled out as the best argument to Billam to convince him that he will fail?
- (Rashi 23:24) The Gemara in Berachos (14a) says that whoever says k'riyas shema without tefillin is like testifying false testimony on himself. With this is mind, there is a difficulty with a Rashi in this week's parsha. What is it? How could it be resolved?
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