The Eternal Blessing of Ma Tovu Ohalecha Yaakov (Balak)

In this episode, we are learning about Parshat Balak! In it, Bilam says the famous line of mah tovu ohalecha Yaakov, mishkinotecha Yisrael, which Chazal say is the great blessing of having shuls and batei medrash. Chazal also tell us that of all the brachos of Bilam, this is the only one that was not overturned. What is so powerful about this bracha and these places? Why are they so integral to our Jewish life and avodas Hashem? We’ll get into all that and more in this week’s episode!

If you want to follow along inside, it is in Nesivos Shalom on Bamidbar page kuf mem aleph (141). You can find a pdf of the piece here.

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