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Why didn’t the gentiles of the world become encouraged to join the
Jewish nation when they realized that the Torah was being given? Why
did they suffice with Bilaam’s rebuff, without pursuing the matter? The
answer is based on the First Commandment, “I am Hashem your G-d.”
When does a person feel that Hashem is his G-d? When he is fully aware
of “I am Hashem.” Bilaam deprived the nations of the feeling that Hashem
is their G-d, by cooling their enthusiasm toward the belief in “I am
Hashem.” He did this by telling them that Matan Torah did not apply to
them at all.

Bilaam recognized Moshe Rabbeinu’s superior level of prophecy. He was
eaten up with jealousy and therefore prevented the nations from
connecting to the Jews.

The First Commandment is to believe in Hashem, and the last is to
resist coveting one’s friend’s possessions. When a person truly believes
that Hashem is his G-d, and all that transpires with him and all that he
has, are due to His desire, he feels no inclination to covet his fellow
man’s possessions.

Why did Hashem offer the nations the Torah, when it was known to Him
that they would decline it? And how did they have the boldness to refuse
it after they had witnessed Hashem’s mighty miracles?

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