bilam had 1 redeeming quality, his 1 blind eye -acc to the be'sht - targum says shapir chazi (see aish dus) but what quality did balak have to have a parshah in his name?
Maharil asks why satart vayar balak then switch to moav...
grach asks why not say melech right away
maharil saw what yidden did & SAW moav's fear, yiush, & comment that we're lost b/c we don't even have a king -just a 'temp'. this lack of confidence the nation had in him drove him.....
Grach says he saw before he became king what yidden did & told moav ....then they appointed him...
Mishlei 24 echezeh, ashis libim ra'isi, lakachti mussar. Meraglim got to step 3 - ra'u - but 'lo lakchu mussar'.
Balak was roeh es hanolad, as opposed to bilam. All the messages fell on deaf ears to bilam, but balak internalized & acted upon what he saw! That's a huge ma'alah.
we know the message of yimei bein hamitzarim - the three weeks, but we have to apply it loke'ach mussar.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Balak
avos 3 midos define the talmidim of Avraham & L'havdil, Bilam. What's the diff betwween them? Their reward.
Only 3 midos?! They're not distinguishable - just by reward?!
In act they may be simolar but in the long run whta defines who they are & what's thei 'constant' - its these 3 not outwardly discernable midos.
Maharal - lev tov is genrous. Ayin tov wants others to be blessed with all.
if so - ayin ra here can't mean stingy, b/c that's evident. Must mean 'evil eye'.
Merubah midah tovah.. During bein hamotzarim, work on ayin tov...
Only 3 midos?! They're not distinguishable - just by reward?!
In act they may be simolar but in the long run whta defines who they are & what's thei 'constant' - its these 3 not outwardly discernable midos.
Maharal - lev tov is genrous. Ayin tov wants others to be blessed with all.
if so - ayin ra here can't mean stingy, b/c that's evident. Must mean 'evil eye'.
Merubah midah tovah.. During bein hamotzarim, work on ayin tov...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Bhar
onaas devarim rashi says giving bad advice. isn't that lifney iver? Also this is not like any cases in the gemarah? also why did rashi give 2 - don't agitate him & advice?
maharal aggados b.m. 58b "how much is this" is prime example of ona'ah which means to denegrate the worth of another tzelem elokim. Abusing him for your boredom is treating him like an object. The chidush is that the Other examples are ALSO onaah. b/c even though the words may hurt him he still has value as human just LESS b/c of old ma'asim..
Rashi didn't really say BAD advice, rather advice for the good of the advisor so its not lifnei iver 'michshol' . rather ona'ah. Offering advice for another as if to help him when it is actually for self, is
abusing, denegrading & taking advantage of the seeker's lack of wisdom.
maharal aggados b.m. 58b "how much is this" is prime example of ona'ah which means to denegrate the worth of another tzelem elokim. Abusing him for your boredom is treating him like an object. The chidush is that the Other examples are ALSO onaah. b/c even though the words may hurt him he still has value as human just LESS b/c of old ma'asim..
Rashi didn't really say BAD advice, rather advice for the good of the advisor so its not lifnei iver 'michshol' . rather ona'ah. Offering advice for another as if to help him when it is actually for self, is
abusing, denegrading & taking advantage of the seeker's lack of wisdom.
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