Balaam, son of Beor, was a seer from Aram, internationally famous for the effectiveness of his blessings and curses. Balak, king of Moab, afraid of the invading Israelites who vastly outnumbered Moab, asked Balaam...

Where are the Lost 10 tribes today and what is our responsibility for and towards them? The ten lost tribes were the ten of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel that were said to...

Rabbi Singer answers a question from the audience who asked if Kabbalah Mysticism goes against Torah Law when it comes to forbidden divination.

In sex, idolatry, and defiance | A lesson from Balak Rod Bryant discusses, that after the lofty description of the Israelites which we heard from Balaam in this week’s reading (chapters 22-24), the weekly portion...

In Balak part two we learn that the deepest mystery of creation is that G-d gave man free will to do as he chooses, yet G-d directs man in such a way that in...

In Balak part one we will study the story of Bilaam and his talking donkey is one of the most strangely picturesque sections of the whole Torah. It is said that one Shabbos,...

In this week’s reading a fundamental change occurs in the direction of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. Up to the beginning of Numbers 20, the Torah tells of events that occurred...

The Final Frontier | Parshat Chukat Their geography is somewhat obscure to many, as they took place in what is today the kingdom of Jordan, which for political reasons remains temporarily out of bounds...

This week in the Chukat Haftorah, the text describes how the people of Israel were attacked by the nation of Ammon. The Israelites engaged Jephthah to lead them in battle, against this military threat....

The story of the copper serpent presents a well-known theological difficulty, put by the Sages and cited by Rashi in his commentary on Numbers 21:8: “Can a snake cause death or give life?” That...