This piece was offered as part of Or HaLev’s Weekly Wisdom series.
July 10, 2025
“The ass said to Balaam, ‘Look, I am the ass that you have been riding all along until this day! Have I been in the habit of doing thus to you?’ And he answered, ‘No.’
Then Hashem uncovered Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the messenger of Hashem standing in the way, his drawn sword in his hand; thereupon he bowed right down to the ground. (Bamidbar 22:30-31)”
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 