parsha bit: Balak
Jun. 28th, 2007 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioWhen the torah was given at Sinai, the sound of it travelled from
one end of the earth to the other. All the heathen kings assembled
by Bila'am, asking "What is this? Is it a flood coming?" Bila'am
replied that God had already promised that he would not send another
flood. Then what is it? Bila'am replied: God has a precious treasure
that he hid away 974 generations before the creation of the world,
and he has now brought it out to give to his children. Then the kings
all said: God will bless his people with peace.
(Zevachim 116a)
(This news doesn't seem to have stopped either the kings or Bila'am from trying to mess with that, mind...)
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Date: 2007-06-28 05:19 pm (UTC)