Shabbat - 6/30/07 (14 Tammuz 5767)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading -- Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9). Topics in Balak: Balaam, prophet of the nations, G-d’s ambiguous permission, G-d impedes Balaam’s path, Balaam’s she-donkey speaks, Balaam sees the angel, Balak’s rebuke, Balaam’s altar offerings, Balaam’s first blessing, Balak’s anger, Balaam’s second blessing, Balak’s anger and further request, Balaam’s third blessing, Balak’s renewed anger, Balaam’s last prophecy , ...to Israel, ...to Edom, ...to Amalek, ...and to the Kenite, Baalam’s plot, Phinehas’ zealotry For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation