Of Blind Seers and Talking Donkeys – Parshat Balak 5779
This year, when I asked the students to choose a biblical figure they admire, I received several unconventional answers. As in other years, we had a Sarah and a Joseph. Eve was not on my list of suggestions, but she was not a big surprise. I was surprised to have students ask to represent Pharoah, NOT the bad one – the good one who made Joseph his second in command, the snake from the garden of Eden, and, the reason I am telling you this today, “the donkey from the story of mah tovu”.