295) \u201cAnd he said to his people, \u2018Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.\u2019\u201d Although he was an angel appointed to govern Egypt, he said to his people, \u201cBehold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.\u201d And so it is through most of the portion, where it is written only the king of Egypt, it is the minister appointed over Egypt. When it is written \u201cPharaoh, king of Egypt,\u201d it is actually Pharaoh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
296) \u201cAnd he said unto his people,\u201d meaning I will place a thought in their hearts, so they will think that they are \u201cToo many and too mighty for us.\u201d \u201cFor us\u201d means for their appointee, because they said to themselves that God and Israel\u2019s power were greater and stronger than the appointee that was governing Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
297) All the nations of the world draw strength from the ministers appointed over them in heaven. And Israel draw their forces from the Creator. They are called \u201cthe people of the Lord,\u201d and not a people of an appointed governor. Here the Egyptians are called \u201cthe people of the appointed governor.\u201d Israel are called \u201cthe people of the Lord,\u201d and the rest of the nations are called \u201cthe people of their governors,\u201d as it is written, \u201cLet all the peoples walk each one in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
298) \u201cThe people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.\u201d What is \u201cThe people of the children\u201d? It is actually the people of the children of Israel, the people of the children of Israel below, the corporeal Israel, which is extended from the Israel above, meaning ZA<\/em>. However, the people itself is not attributed to the Israel above. This is why they added the word, \u201cpeople,\u201d since they thought that they were the people of the children of Israel below and not the people of the Lord, ZA<\/em>. It is written, \u201cAnd they were in dread of the children of Israel.\u201d It does not say, \u201cFrom the actual children of Israel,\u201d which is Israel below, since in the end they recognized that they were the children of Israel of above, the people of the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 299) Balak said, \u201cBehold, there is a people come out from Egypt.\u201d Why did he not say, \u201cBehold the people of the children of Israel\u201d? Balak was a great sorcerer, and it is the conduct of sorcerers to take the thing that is not suspected. Also, the name of one\u2019s father is never mentioned, but the name of one\u2019s mother, since this is something that is not suspected. This is why Balaam did not say \u201cThe children of Israel,\u201d meaning the name of the father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 300) Such is the way of demons. They scrutinize the thing that they are told by the sorcerers. If it is a lie, they tell them lies. If it is the truth, everything they tell them is truth, albeit for a short while. It is even more so if the sorcerers wish for them to perform an act. Then they are certainly meticulous about telling the truth, without any suspicions. This is why the name of one\u2019s father is not mentioned. But Balak went with the way of degrading, as it is written, \u201cBehold, there is a people come out from Egypt,\u201d meaning we do not know from whom they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 301) A people that is under the guidance of ministers is watched over, and the people of the Creator is not watched over. The poor is not like the rich. The poor must keep what is his because people do not fear challenging him. But the rich does not watch over what is his because everyone fears challenging him. Israel are guided by the King who loves truth and judgment. He performs the first judgment with His own people because He wishes for them to be kept from sin more than all the nations, as it is written, \u201cYou only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 302) Rabbi Yosi and Rabbi Aha went on the way. Rabbi Yosi was contemplating worldly matters and Rabbi Aha was contemplating words of Torah. Rabbi Yosi saw a snake chasing him. He said to Rabbi Aha, \u201cDo you see that snake chasing me?\u201d Rabbi Aha replied, \u201cI do not see it.\u201d Rabbi Yosi ran, and the snake was behind him. Rabbi Yosi stumbled and blood was dripping from his nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He heard them saying, \u201cYou only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities,\u201d meaning that thanks to that, he was saved from the snake. Rabbi Yosi said, \u201cAs a single hour of ceasing words of Torah and turning to worldly matters cost me that, it is several times more so for one who shifted his mind from words of Torah completely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 303) \u201cThe Lord your God … who led you through the great and dreadful wilderness, with fiery serpents, and scorpions.\u201d Why was there a fiery serpent here in the wilderness? It was to punish Israel, as long as they were separated from the tree of life, of which it is written, \u201cFor that is your life, and the length of your days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 304) It is written, \u201cHe that spares his rod hates his son.\u201d It is also written, \u201cI have loved you, says the Lord,\u201d and it is written, \u201cBut Esau I hated.\u201d \u201cI hated\u201d is as it is written, \u201cHe that spares his rod hates his son.\u201d I hated him, hence I spared him the rod. It is all the more so with disciples of the wise; He does not spare them the rod, since the Creator does not wish for them to part from the tree of life for even a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 305) \u201cAnd he said unto his people,\u201d meaning gave them an advice, to harm them. The Egyptians knew their wisdom of the stars, that they would eventually be beaten because of Israel; hence their minister came and harmed them in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 306) Rabbi Isaac came across a mountain and saw a man sleeping under a tree. Rabbi Isaac sat there. While he was sitting, he saw that the earth was quaking and that tree broke and fell, and he saw crevices and holes in the ground, and the ground was rising and falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 307) That man awoke, yelled toward Rabbi Isaac and told him, \u201cJew, Jew, weep and wail, for a minister is being raised in the firmament, an appointee, a high governor, and he is destined to inflict much harm upon you. 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