Balak 5782

This is Torah Talk for the week of July 10th, 2022

Num. 23:7  He took up his theme [וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ], and said:

Is a mashal really a “theme”? What does it mean to “take up” a mashal? And why does this phrase pervade the story of Balaam?

This week’s handout: 40 Balak 5782

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Tags: Baruch Levine, Book of Numbers, Ed Greenstein, Isa 14:4, Jacqueline Vayntrub, Job 27:1, Job 29:1, Marvin Pope