Week of Balak 5784 - Book of Numbers 5784

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Week of Balak 5784

Vol. 20 No. 43, 8 - 14 Tamuz 5784 / Jul 14 - 20, 2024

A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat he final four articles (#4-7) relate directly to the main theme of the weekly Torah reading, *Balak. The 3rd article is for the 6h and final chapter of the second cycle of Pirkei Avot, which many continue to study on Shabbat afternoons throughout the summer, until Rosh Hashana. The 2nd (& 3rd) article is in honor of the the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe, whose "Liberation Day" falls this week, on Tammuz 12-13 (Wednesday night - Friday), while the 4th is in honor of the Ohr HaChayim, whose yahrzeit celebration on Tammuz 15 will begin on Saturday night. The weekly story (last article) features the "Holy ARI," leader of the 16th century Safed Kabbalists. The 17th of Tammuz* is the dawn-to-nightfall fast 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. This year it falls on Tuesday, June 23. Stay tuned! Dedication in honor of YISRAEL ARYEH-LEIB ("LEIBY") TILLES, whose bar-mitzvah celebration will start on Thursday night this week (Tammuz 13) in the Old City of Tsfat (Safed), and finish in the Old City of Jerusalem on Shabbat Day and Saturday night. MAZALTOV! also to his parents and four grandparents. To receive the weekly magazine in your email, go to Subscribe. To sponsor a future issue, go to Dedicate.
Jewish Meditation
	Becoming a Prophet — The Rambam describes the nature of prophecy. By Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ("Maimonides"); adapted by Eliyahu Touger

	Two Souls — The highest spiritual level is one which transforms the darkness itself into light. From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
Ethics of the Fathers
	6:2 The Divine Voice — The essence of the soul hears what the rest of a person may not. From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch

	The Nation that Covered the Land — Balaam had invoked a magic formula which permanently prevented slaves from escaping from Egypt. From the Ohr HaChaim commentary by Rabbi Chaim (ben Moshe) ibn Attar
	Balaam's Black Magic — Balaam learned the occult arts from fallen angels. From the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; annotated translation from the Zohar by Avraham Sutton
	Donkey-Talk — Even great blessings can emerge from impure places. By Shaul Yosef Leiter
Mystic Story
	Unlimited Secrets By Yerachmiel Tilles "Were all seawater ink and all the vast firmament paper, and all stalks quills, it would still not be enough for me to write down the wisdom I have acquired."

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