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When the voice of Yaakov is heard, the hands of Eisav are powerless. unbounded mercy, Hashem separated their forces, to spare Am Yisrael
When Bnei Yisrael settled in Shittim, they had become lax in Torah study. from their evil plots.
Then the hands of Eisav gained strength, causing Bnei Yisrael to sin with
the daughters of Moav. Bnei Yisrael start off on a higher level than the
gentiles. Therefore, when they descend in spirituality, they fall even lower
than them.
The word (Shittim) has the same root as the word (fool).
Sitting idly from Torah study brings a person to act foolishly, as we find
here, where Bnei Yisrael sinned most degradingly before the avodah
zarah, Ba’al Peor. “He sent messengers to Bilaam son of Beor to
Petor, which is by the River of the land of the
members of his people, to summon him, saying:
Behold! a people has come out of Egypt,
behold! it has covered the surface of the earth
and it sits opposite me. So now – please come
and curse this people for me, for it is too

powerful for me; perhaps I will be able to strike
“The donkey saw the angel of Hashem
standing on the road with his sword drawn in it and drive it away from the land. For I know
his hand, so the donkey turned away from the that whomever you bless is blessed and
whomever you curse is accursed”
road and went into the field; then Bilaam
struck the donkey to turn it back onto the (Bamidbar 22:5-6)
road”

(Bamidbar 22:23)

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