The weekly reading of Balak contains the most basic prophecy about the coming of Moshiach, as the Rambam (Maimonides) explains.
The first 4 articles address this topic. The 5^th is from the Zohar and the 6^th, on Avot Chapter 6, is from the Rebbe Rayatz of Chabad, whose birthday falls this week, on Monday 12^th Tammuz.
The grand finale is an astounding story, centered on a verse from the Weekly Torah Reading.
The yahrzeit of the Ohr HaChayim, the great 18th century Moroccan kabbalist, also falls this week, on Thursday. Next week's edition will feature one of his teachings.
Shabbat is the 17th of Tammuz, the day commemorating the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem, leading to the destruction of the Holy Temple on the 9th of Av, three weeks later. (The fast itself is postponed till Sunday.)