{"id":16118,"date":"2026-01-22T14:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16118"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:41:06","slug":"42-offerings-of-balak","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/42-offerings-of-balak\/","title":{"rendered":"42 Offerings of Balak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>65) Everything is established and revealed before the Creator. Although Balak and Balaam did not intend for the Creator with their offerings, all is set up before Him, and does not reduce their reward in this world at all. At that time, they ruled over Israel through their offering, which caused 24,000 people to depart from Israel, besides all those who were killed. And the Lord said to Moses, \u201cTake all the heads of the people and condemn them to the Lord.\u201d Until now that offering is hanging to avenge Israel. They built seven altars and offered sacrifices on them, 42 in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>66) Balaam and Balak made these 42 offerings and took them from the&nbsp;<em>Sitra Achra<\/em>&nbsp;to the Creator. For this reason, the offering was hanging, so the&nbsp;<em>Sitra Achra<\/em>&nbsp;would take it from Israel. This is called \u201ca curse,\u201d but until now she did not take from them. It is written about Elisha, \u201cAnd he turned back and saw them,\u201d the boys who were teasing him and told him, \u201cGo up, you baldhead.\u201d \u201cAnd he turned back\u201d means after Divinity, since the&nbsp;<em>Sitra Achra<\/em>&nbsp;stands in the back. \u201cAnd saw them\u201d means he looked and saw in those 42 children, the&nbsp;<em>Sitra Achra<\/em>, who is called \u201ca curse,\u201d and he saw them as deserving punishment.\u201d Hence, \u201c[he] cursed them in the name of the Lord.\u201d \u201cIn the name of the Lord,\u201d to take out the name of the Creator from the necessity of the offering that Balaam and Balak offered. All is corrected before the Creator and nothing is lost. Similarly, all is corrected before the Creator, for better and for worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>67) Because David ran away from Saul, he caused all the priests of the city of Nob to be lost. Of all of them, only Eviatar, who fled, remained. This caused Israel several ills: Saul and his sons died, and several thousands and tens of thousands of Israel died. Yet, it was David who had to repent for that sin, until all of David\u2019s sons were lost in a single day, and only Yoash remained. He was stolen by Yehosheva, daughter of Yoram, just as only Eviatar remained of Ahimelech, and until today that sin is hanging, to sentence Nob for that sin of Nob, as it is written, \u201cYet today he will halt at Nob.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>65) Everything is established and revealed before the Creator. 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