Who/ what ?
Was very afraid of the nation (B"Y)
Balak/Moav
Go and curse this nation for me
Balak to Bilaam
Who did Balak send to for help? Why?
Midyan - because Moshe grew up there
Explain and connect - השנאה מקלקלת את השורה
Hatred messes up the normal way of things - that's why Bilaam saddled his own donkey
These two kings that we depended on couldn't stand up to them
Sichon and Og
The king of Moav at that time
Balak
Stay here overnight and I will give you an answer
Bilaam to the officers of Moav
When would Hashem speak to Bilaam?
At night, as though He was sneaking
אין כוחו אלא בפיו -Explain and connect
His power is in his mouth - that is why Balak sent to Bilaam (a person whose strength is in his mouth)
They always hated each other
Moav and Midyan
They covered the "eye of the land"
Sichon and Og
Who are these people with you?
Hashem to Bilaam
On what condition did Hashem allow Bilaam to go?
If he will do what Hashem says
Explain and connect - שלש רגלים
Three times - Bilaam wanted to destroy a nation that celebrated the Shalosh Regalim (Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot)
Their leader grew up in Midyan
Moshe
He saddled his donkey
Bilaam
What did I do to you that you hit me these three times?
Aton to Bilaam
Why did Hashem give Nevuah to a גוי רשע?
So that the nations wouldn't have an excuse to say - if we would have had neviim, we would have been good
Explain and connect - לא מדובשיך ולא מעוקציך
Not from your honey and not from your sting - Hashem told Bilaam that He doesn't want his curse or blessing
He would say Nevuah and tell him - in the future you will be king
Balak
It stood in the way to bother him
Malach Hashem
Go with the men
Malach Hashem to Bilaam
How does Rashi know that the Malach was a Malach of Rachamim (compassion)?
Because the Pasuk calls it a Malach Hashem
Explain and connect - בדרך שאדם רוצה לילך בה מוליכין אותו
In the way that a person wants to go, that's the way he is led - The malach told Bilaam that he could go with the men (officers)
They don't need your blessing
B'nai Yisrael