Shabbat

Portion Balak Talking Donkeys and False Profits

Portion Balak Talking Donkeys and False Profits
 
Yes.
 
Profits. Spelled correctly!
 
Balak promised a house full of gold to Bilam-
Just for one curse against the Israelites
 
And his donkey leads him to a failed plot.
 
So -Where was the gold from?
 
The last few weeks the portions talk about wars
Of Edom and Moav and Midyan - stealing from each other
 
And the haftaras and prophets warn those peoples they will be punished for fighting us
 
Micah the prophet left us lines which we are supposef to recite at Tashlich (his Chapter 7)
 
And in this week's Haftarah his words are
Do Justice ...
And walk humbly before the Almighty.
 
How can there be peace in our homes
When ' thou shalt not steaĺ "
And
'There shall be no gods - greed? - before me' -
 
Such simlle rules - are ignored?
 
The whole world should stop listening to Talking Donkeys-
And read the truths of the prophets
 
Shabbat Shalom
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz