Jewish Heritage Tour of Spain Part 11

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July 07 2011
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Venue: Spain Spain

Parsha:
Balak 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Jewish Heritage Tour of Spain

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Lecture given during dinner. Chumash-Balak. The gemara states that Moshe wrote his book(chumash), and parshas Balaam. Shalah- but Bilam is part of the torah? Rav Velvel answers-the Rambam states that Moshe was the greatest of all the prophets, that only he wrote torah. However, Balaam was an equal, and possibly wrote the torah too, therefor the talmud states that Moshe also wrote this parsha. Were the dialogues quoted in the chumash, the exact words uttered by the people, or were their words changed when written in the torah?

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    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Warren & Beth Hecht to mark the first yahrtzeit of Etta Hecht and by Dr. Gabriel and Aliza Sosne in memory of the Sosne family, Shraga Feivel ben Akiva Hakohen, Rochel bas Chuna Zalman, Akiva ben Shraga Feivel Hakohen, and Chana bas Shraga Feivel Hakohen, who were from Vilna and perished in the Holocaust and by Francine Lashinsky and Dr. Alexander & Meryl Weingarten in memory of Dr. Alvin M. Lashinsky, Avraham Moshe ben Meir Hakohen, z"l on the occasion of his yahrzeit on the 19th of Kislev, and in honor of their children, Mark, Michael, Julie, Marnie and Michelle, and in honor of Agam bat Meirav Berger and all of the other hostages and all of the chayalim