Shabbat Shalom! This week’s Torah Portion is Balak, Numbers 22:2-25:9. I hope you will join us for Shabbat Services this week: Friday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Torah Question of the Week:

Have you ever been tempted to do something you knew you weren’t supposed to do? How big would the reward have to be to override your instincts? In this week’s Torah portion, the sorcerer Bil’am at first declines to go to Moab to curse the Israelites, but eventually he is convinced. Ultimately, though, he is unable to curse them and blesses them instead. If you have ever allowed temptation to get the best of you, what did you learn from the experience?

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I hope to see you at services! Shabbat Shalom!

— Rabbi Adrienne : )