This Week’s Torah Portion: Balak – בָּלָק (Numbers 22:2−25:9)
“God has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does Adonai require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God”.
Micah 6:8 is part of the Haftara to our portion, it is also the moto of the tapestry outside our Chapel, dedicated to our beloved Rabbi Diamond (celebrating his 85 birthday this week) and in many ways it is the Judaism that Rabbi Diamond walked and practiced all his life!
Parsha Balak Torah Summary:
Balak, the king of Moab, persuades the prophet Balaam to curse the Israelites so that he can defeat them and drive them out of the region. However, Balaam blesses the Children of Israel instead and prophesies that Israel’s enemies will be defeated. (22:2-24:25)
God punishes the Israelites with a plague for consorting with the Moabite women and their god. The plague is stayed after Pinchas kills an Israelite man and his Midianite woman. (25:1-9) Balak
“God has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does Adonai require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God”.
Micah 6:8 is part of the Haftara to our portion, it is also the moto of the tapestry outside our Chapel, dedicated to our beloved Rabbi Diamond (celebrating his 85 birthday this week) and in many ways it is the Judaism that Rabbi Diamond walked and practiced all his life!
Balak