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Balak (For Shabbat -Sat. 8th July – 14th Tammuz) - Laibl's weekly parsha video

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Balak (For Shabbat -Sat. 8th July – 14th Tammuz)  - Laibl's weekly parsha video

Does Evil Possess Power?

SUMMARY: 
While Bil’am seems to possess mystical evil powers, these can only exist in a vacuum devoid of good. That’s how his intended curse is transformed into a blessing, which is the case whenever we do the right thing and bring light into the world.

Notes:
•We read about a very powerful wizard named Bil’am, who is a hired gun-magician, contracted by King Balak to curse the Jewish people whom he fears.
•Irrespective of the outcome, the question arises: can evil possess mystical power? Is there a spiritual source for evil? Does it have the capacity to defeat good?
•In a sense most of human literature can be reduced to this question of good versus evil. 
•We are told that Bil’am indeed possessed higher powers to curse. Wherefrom? Is there an evil anti-G-d to a good G-d? Do we believe in a Satanic competitor?
•Of course not. Satan derives from the Hebrew words Sattan meaning to test. Sattan is an angel of G-d carrying out direct instructions to test the Jewish people and each one of us. Sattan is not inherently evil – but always on a direct     mission from G-d.
•But evil does exist when good is profoundly hidden.  Evil is the absence of good. Darkness is the absence of light. And at a high spiritual level there can also be darkness which gives rise to a manifestation of darkness down here.
•Bilaam is the personification of such darkness. But as soon as light appears, the darkness disappears.  As soon as the Jewish people act correctly, the demonic powers of a Bil’am transform his intended curse into a blessing.
•Never fear evil – your light will always neutralize the bad and transform it to the good.

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