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It is easy to find holiness in the miraculous and extraordinary. The Passover challenge is to find holiness in the ordinary, everyday moments.

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Balak: Manipulating G-d

June 23, 2006 – 5:17 am | Comments Off on Balak: Manipulating G-d5,183 views
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A Strategy of The Spirit
The Moabite king Balak was afraid of the Jews. Its newly formed military recorded incredible successes against overwhelming odds and Balak feared for his country.

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Balak: Slander and Narcissism

July 15, 2005 – 2:45 pm | Comments Off on Balak: Slander and Narcissism3,279 views
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Bilaam
Bilaam was a narcissistic megalomaniac. He would have made an interesting case study had he been analyzed by modern psychologists. He was a master manipulator who tried to bend everyone to his will. He even attempted to manipulate G-d! (1)

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