#543: Better Than We Deserve
Rashi on Parashat Balak, Bamidbar/Numbers 23:8
מָה אֶקֹּב לֹא קַבֹּה אֵל וּמָה אֶזְעֹם לֹא זָעַם יְהוָה׃
How can I damn whom God has not damned,
How doom when יהוה has not doomed?
Balaam has now failed to curse Israel twice. His excuse this time is that he can only damn those whom God has already doomed. We are therefore forced to ask what the po…
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