Category — Balak

Abe goes to see his boss and says, “We’re doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff.” 

“We’re short handed, Abe,” the boss replies. “I just can’t give you the day off.”

“Thanks, boss,” says Abe, “I knew I could count on you!”

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Action!

The camera zooms in on… the donkey on which the main actor Bilaam sits.

Two seconds later the donkey opens her mouth… and begins schmoozing with her boss,

“Hey, - - Am I not your loyal donkey, why did you beat me these three times?”

“Had I been able to, I would have killed you!”

Suddenly Bilaam sees an angel with a sword in his hand…

Director: Cut! Job well done. Scene went perfectly.

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Main actor with a sinister look on his face stands atop a mountain. In front of him lies a large valley filled with 2 million people. Hundreds of thousands of tents are spread over the landscape creating truly an awesome sight to behold.

He closes his eyes, throws back his head and begins his prepared speech.

“How great are you… I cannot curse you!”

Director: Cut! Hey actor, did you forget? You are supposed to be the bad guy!

Actor: Oops. There I go again for the third time! This must be the hand of G-d!

It’s all here in our weekly Torah portion. Talking donkeys. Jews in unity and Jews in sin. Bilaam was hired to curse and he ends up blessing the Jewish nation, and finally he hints to the final days before the Redemption.

G-d’s movie.

Oh, by the way, did you know that Moshiach our final redeemer will be a descendant of Balak the guy who hired Ballam to curse us?

Yup. With G-d writing the script, we can expect such an ending.