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Rabbi Gordon - Lech-Lecha: 1st Portion
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Rabbi Yehoshua Gordon directed Chabad of the Valley in Tarzana, CA until his passing in 2016.
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In 12:3 there is the statement that Hashem will Bless them that Bless you, yet this seems to contradict what happened to Balaam. It seems as if he may have been telling the Midianite women to go and learn how goodly it was to live as those women in the tents of the exiles, not persuade the men to turn away, yet he was put to death.
Good question! While Balaam ended up blessing the Jewish People, that was not his intention. He planned on cursing them, and G-d counted that intention against him. And his advice, as recorded, was to use idolatry to ensnare the Jews, not to learn from them.