Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa takes another two-part look at parsha “Balak” this week (Numbers 22:2 through 25:9).<\/p>\n
Yes, this is the story that includes Balaam’s famous talking ass, and that certainly makes a humorous and enduring point, but it’s only a part of the entire lesson in this one.<\/p>\n
During the Erev Shabbat overview teaching, Mark reviews the “whole story,” including elements that simply must be “spiritualized” to be understood.<\/p>\n
SSM Balak 2017<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Sabbath teaching, however, is perhaps even more poignant and relevant than usual — as well as more “politically incorrect”. And THAT is because it hits directly on the very war that is still being waged on a people who no longer know what is “self-evident”, as opposed to what is really “whoring”.<\/p>\n Balak: Spiritual war, ‘Whoring’ vs prostitution, or dinner and a movie”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa takes another two-part look at parsha “Balak” this week (Numbers 22:2 through 25:9). Yes, this is the story that includes Balaam’s famous talking ass, and that certainly makes a humorous and enduring point, but … Continue reading