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It is incomprehensible why Balak sent Bilaam to curse our nation. Bnei
Yisrael were commanded to maintain peaceful relations with Moav. What
possessed Balak to fight against them? Just as the mitzvah of parah
adumah is a mystery, the reason for the hatred of the gentiles toward us
is concealed from us.
Hashem wants us to observe all mitzvot, those that we understand, as
well as those which we do not. When we fail to keep all of the mitzvot
equally, Hashem sends the nations to attack us. This irrational behavior
on their part will cause us to contemplate our commitment to mitzvah
observance and arrive at the conclusion that we must keep all mitzvot
alike.

What was Moshe’s intention in striking the rock instead of speaking to it,
as Hashem had commanded?
“He sent messengers to Bilaam son of Beor to
Petor, which is by the River of the land of the Moshe disparaged Bnei Yisrael by calling them rebels, when he should
have judged them favorably at a time that they were extremely thirsty.
members of his people, to summon him, saying: “One sin leads to another.” As a result of his anger, he hit the rock. He
Behold! a people has come out of Egypt, felt there was not much of a difference between speaking harshly (as
behold! it has covered the surface of the earth indicated by the word to actually striking the rock. He was pressured
and it sits opposite me” into action by the demands of the people.

(Bamidbar 22:5) A person should always be meticulous in his service of Hashem, even in
difficult times. No one can fully understand Hashem’s intentions. Hashem
knew that through speaking to the rock, as opposed to striking it, a greater
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