Bilam and the Daughters of Moav
Rabbi Ezra Bick
Though "no other prophet like Moshe arose among Bnei Yisrael", a Talmudic saying suggests that a prophet parallel to Moshe arose among the other nations: Bilam ben Be’or, who appears in our parasha. Could it be that Bilam, whose donkey sees more than he does, really be much of a prophet? Ramban contends that Bilam was not a prophet at all. In this shiur, we explore Ramban's ideas about who Bilam really is and what is truly going on in the story of Bilam.
לשאר השיעורים בסדרה (30)
- Why Kill Midyan and Spare Moav?
- Ramban on Vayechi: BeCharvi u-veKashti - With My Sword and Bow
- Ramban on Parshat Emor - Mikraei Kodesh
- Ramban on Matot Masei - Cities and Name Changes
- Ramban on Bo: HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem - This Month is for You
- Ramban on Behar Bechukotai
- God Gave the Land of Moav to the Moabites
- Ramban on Teruma: The Mishkan and the Divine Presence
- Ramban on Bamidbar: "Tifkedu Otam" - Remembrance and Supervision
- Ramban on Rosh HaShana: What is the Secret of the Terua?
- Ramban on Mishpatim: "Justice Belongs to God"
- Ramban on Parshat Ki Tavo
- Ramban on Beshallach: Tze'aka - Crying Out
- Ramban on Parshat Nitzavim - Transcending Free Will
- "The Divine Presence Within Israel is a Need of the People" - "Shechina BeYisrael Tzorech Hediot"
- Ramban on Shoftim - Does Jewish Society Exist in Chutz LaAretz?
- Ramban on Tetzaveh - The Shechinah within Israel
- Ramban on Parshat Haazinu - The History of the Jewish People
- Ramban on Ki Tisa - The Holy Half Shekel
- Ramban on Lekh Lekha: Fathers and Children - Maaseh Avot Siman LaBanim
- Ramban on Vayakhel Pekudei
- Ramban on Vayeira - Sedom and Pilegesh baGiv'a
- Ramban on Parshat Naso - Your Individual Task
- Ramban on Chayyei Sara: The Burial of Sarah in Eretz Yisrael - the Location of the Cave of Makhpela
- Ramban on Parshat Behaalotecha - Pesach Sheni
- Ramban on Toldot: Did the Avot Keep the Torah?
- Ramban on Shelach: Who Sent the Spies and Why?
- Ramban on Vayishlach: The Massacre in Shechem
- Ramban on Vayikra - Appeasement and Atonement
- Ramban on Parshat Miketz - But We are Guilty For Our Brother