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![]() Divine service with overpowering love is the remedy for antagonism toward G-d.
When a person transgresses with the express intention to disobey G-d's divine commandments, as Balaam did, he augments the power of the three varieties of "pure evil". In this case, the person increases the world's conscious and unconscious hostility to G-d's intents and purposes.
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![]() The servant serves his master because he fears him, the child is devoted to his parents out of his love for them.
When we pray during the week, we must strive to overcome the many confusing and distracting thoughts that intrude from our worldly affairs. On Shabbat, however, we do not have to expend any effort to rise above these distractions. All we need to do is cultivate sensitivity to the special illumination of our soul that is revealed on Shabbat.
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We can transform our inner enemy into a blessing by adopting G-d's dream as our own.
Balak was a wicked, idolatrous king who brought about the death of over a hundred thousand Jews, yet an entire Torah portion is names after him.
This embodies the idea that the Messianic future will be the full transformation of evil into good.
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