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Parshas Chukas & Balak with Health and Postive Insights by Dr. Rubie Minkowitz · The Frum Health Club Podcast

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Gujabis, Parshas, Hukas, Volok and Yebaija Gimontamus, the birthday and liberation of the Frida Kareba.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_00: The word huka means engraved, and something that is engraved becomes a part of the actual item, or in this case, becomes part of yourself.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: The ritual of Paraduma is performed with Maimchaim, living water that comes up through the depths and mud to purify a person and to change a person.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: And it is known that Tira is compared to water since both are a source of life in this world.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: So how do you change yourself?
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: A steady drip of water can make a dent in stone, like the story of Reba Kiva, who transformed himself at the age of forty after seeing a stone crater from a drip of water.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: And this is a life lesson that a steady, daily drip of terra, which is compared to water, can change you until it's engraved in you.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_00: And when you do this daily as a statute, not open for rationalization or thinking about it, it will transform you.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: This is true for terra learning and also for good habits like exercise.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: Don't think about it, just do it daily like a ritual, and it will become part of you, engraved into your being.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: And you may even fit into your old suit again.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: The parsa starts with Zaish Hukasa Terra.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: Why does it say Khukas of Tira?
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: It should say Hhuka of the Para Duma.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: The Rebbe answers that even the laws about the Para Duma are paradoxical.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: The people who prepare it become impure, and they purify the person who became Tame.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: And the people appointed to prepare the ritual may say, Why should we do this?
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: We are pure at this time, and then we won't be.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: So the Torah is teaching us that a Jew must help another Jew, even if it requires sacrifice, and that is why it says Hukas Hatera.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: This is a basic principle of Tera.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: And although we may not understand it, we must practice it, as we saw the Frida Karebadu, risking his life and ending up in prison to spread Yiddishite.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: And as we see today, all of the Chayalim risking their lives to protect Am Israel and Eritisrael.
• 3:00
  SPEAKER_00: May Hashem protect them.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_00: The Hassam Saifer says that we learn from Parsh's Balak that the Terah is Minhashemayim from heaven, since the whole narrative is coming from our enemies.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: And Hashem told us this to Mesha, that our enemies were plotting against us, and their plans were overturned.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_00: And instead of Bilam cursing us, we got the best blessings.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: And the most famous one is the blessing we start our morning prayers with.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: This sets the tone to start the day, that even curses can flip to blessings.
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_00: So no matter how bad the day may start, it can be changed to blessing.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: And may it be that history repeats itself, that the anti Semites today will be singing our blessings tomorrow.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_00: So why is Parshus Balak named after Arrasha, who was the king of Moef, who hired Bilam the prophet to curse the Bine Israel?
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_00: The Rebbe explains, because Terah is teaching us about transformation of evil into good, that although he hated the Bine Israel, the result was that we got blessed.
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_00: And also that Balak is an ancestor of Mashiach, since David Amelech was a great grandson of Ruth, the comfort from Moyev, who came from Balak, and his hate was transformed to blessings, and that is why the Parsha is named after him.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: And may it be that the blessings and prophecy of Mashiach that Bilim proclaimed Darak Kaichov Miaqev thousands of years ago come true today with Mashiach.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.