Parashat Balak 5240 / פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק
/ 16 Tamuz 5240
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Hebcal does not take into account a correction of ten days that was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII known as the Gregorian Reformation. [1]
Parashat Balak is the 40th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Numbers 22:2-25:9
Balak tells the story of the Moabite king Balak, who hires Balaam to curse the Israelites. Balaam’s donkey speaks along the way, and Balaam ends up blessing the Israelites. The portion ends with a story about Israelite men sinning with Moabite women and the stabbing of an Israelite and a Midianite. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 22:2-12 · 11 p’sukim
- 2: 22:13-20 · 8 p’sukim
- 3: 22:21-38 · 18 p’sukim
- 4: 22:39-23:12 · 15 p’sukim
- 5: 23:13-26 · 14 p’sukim
- 6: 23:27-24:13 · 17 p’sukim
- 7: 24:14-25:9 · 21 p’sukim
- maf: 25:7-9 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 · 17 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Balak: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Balak is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Balak from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) and Haftarah (Micah 5:6-6:8): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible) (paid link)
- Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Publication Society, 2017
- The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
- Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
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