Talk:Balak (parashah)

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Questions the Rabbis Asked

Here are some questions that the Rabbis asked in connection with Parshah Balak:

Numbers 22–24:

Was Balaam good or bad?

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 105a

Numbers 22:7:

What accounts for the cooperation between Moab and Midian?

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 105a

Numbers 22:8:

How come the Midianites disappear from the story?

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 105a

Numbers 22:12,20:

How come God first told Balaam not to go with the princes of Balak, and then, after Balaam asked God a second time, told Balaam to go with them?

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 105a

Numbers 22:20:

Does God appears to non-Jews, and if so, how?

Genesis Rabbah 52:5.

Numbers 23:5:

Did God allow Balaam to exercise free will?

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 105a Numbers Rabbah 20:20

Numbers 22–24:

Do the blessings with which Balaam blessed Israel redound to Israel’s benefit?

Deuteronomy Rabbah 3:4

Numbers 25:

Were Zimri’s actions justified? If not, why did God reward him?

Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 82a–b — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dauster (talk • contribs) [1]

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Discussion

REQUEST: Please see the centralized discussion about this subject, relating to sources, links, content, etc at Talk:Chayei Sarah (parsha). Thank you, IZAK (talk) 09:29, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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